| Acronym | Meaning |
| HBJ | Hougen-Bunker-Johns (Hamiltonian For Mol. Calcns.) |
| DCA | Detrended Correspondence Ordination Analysis |
| HSF | Heat Shock Factors |
| PWEM | Partial-wave-expansion Method (in Electron Scattering Calcns.) |
| PNO | Pair Natural Orbital |
| COMARO | Composite Magic-angle Rotation |
| AES | Auger Emission Spectroscopy |
| LIFI | Laser-induced Fluorescence Imaging |
| OMS | Octahedral Molecular Sieve |
| IAD | Ion Assisted Deposition |