| Acronym | Meaning |
| DIET | Desorption Induced By Electronic Transitions |
| SAI | Simplified Ab Initio Method |
| ECM | Extracellular Matrix |
| UGF | Unitary-group Formulation (in Many-body Quantum Theory) |
| DWS | Diffusing-wave Spectroscopy |
| PLAD | Pulsed Laser Ablation Deposition |
| HFKS | Hartree-Fock-Kohn-Sham (density-functional Theory) |
| MNDOD | Modified Neglect Of Diatomic Overlap With D At. Orbitals |
| ESID | Environmental Statistics And Information Division |
| SFF | Solid Freeform Fabrication |