| Acronym | Meaning |
| MCY | Matsuoka-Clementi-Yoshimine (potential Function) |
| OIDA | Optoelectronics Industry Development Association |
| MCHF | Multiconfiguration Hartree-Fock |
| SKPM | Scanning Kelvin Probe Microscopy |
| SXPL | Soft X-ray Projection Lithography |
| EIC | Electrostatic Interaction Chromatography |
| LHM | Longuet-Higgins-Murrell Approximation |
| MNDO | Modified Neglect Of Differential Overlap |
| VCI | Variational Configuration Interaction (quantum Calcn. Method) |
| PWBA | Plane-Wave Born Approximation |