| Acronym | Meaning |
| DLM | Diffuse Layer Model (of Adsorption) |
| BCC | Brueckner Coupled Cluster |
| GWKB | Generalized Wentzel-Kramers-Brillouin |
| VSFG | Vibrational Sum-frequency Generation |
| RPTP | Receptor Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase |
| MECA | Multiple Excitation Collisional Activation |
| MIE | Metal-induced Embrittlement |
| NSP | North Sea Project |
| MAO | Methyl Aluminoxanes |
| IDWSSD | International Drinking Water Supply And Sanitation Decade (of UN |