| Acronym | Meaning |
| NYSAS | New York Summer Aerosol Study |
| FSM | Folded-sheet Mesoporous Material |
| MC-TD-SCF | Multiconfiguration-time Dependent-self-consistent Field |
| NAPIM | National Association Of Printing Ink Manufacturers (US) |
| DRP | Dynamic Reaction Path |
| BID | Background Information Document |
| ECR | Electron Cyclotron Resonance |
| EP | Electrostatic Precipitator |
| CMR | Colossal Magnetoresistance |
| VSFG | Vibrational Sum-frequency Generation |