| Acronym | Meaning |
| LCD | Liquid Crystal Diode |
| CTMAB | Cetyl Trimethyl Ammonium Bromide (cationic Surfactant) |
| SIRIS | Sputter-initiated Resonance Ionization Spectroscopy |
| EVOH | Ethylene Vinyl Alcohol |
| BCKD | Branched-chain Alpha-ketoacid Dehydrogenase |
| IRC | Information Resource Center |
| RABITS | Rolling-assisted Biaxially Textured Substrates |
| RCI | Restricted Configuration Interaction |
| ZEV | Zero Emission Vehicle |
| GITT | Galvanostatic Intermittent Titration Technique |