| Acronym | Meaning |
| MOMBE | Metal Organic Molecular-beam Epitaxy |
| IVO | Improved Virtual Orbital |
| LEEMS | Low Energy Electron Mass Spectroscopy |
| SCC-DVM | Self-consistent-charge-discrete-variational Method |
| IBS | Incomplete Basis Set |
| MIPAES | Microwave-induced Plasma Atomic Emission Spectrometry |
| IODE | International Oceanographic Data/Information Exchange (IOC) |
| CSA | Charge Sensitivity Analysis |
| IVF | In Vitro Fertilization |
| GOCE | Gaussian Overlap Potential With Const. Well Depth |