| Acronym | Meaning |
| LTPLD | Liquid Target Pulsed Laser Deposition |
| CIG | Commonwealth Industrial Gases Limited (Australia) |
| VSTEP | Vertical-to-surface Transmission Electrophotonic Device |
| SWM | Statistical Wave Function Model (for Highly Excited Vibrational Levels Of Mols.) |
| HSQC | Heteronuclear Single Quantum Coherence |
| CGC | Cerebellar Granule Cells |
| FMS | Frequency Modulation Spectroscopy |
| OEAO | Overlap Enhanced Atomic Orbital |
| CCD | Counter Current Decantation |
| RAS | Reflection-absorption Spectroscopy |