| Acronym | Meaning |
| NIWG | National Interagency Work Group |
| IBAD | Ion-Beam-Assisted Deposition |
| DDTA | Derivative Differential Thermal Analysis |
| RKKR-GF | Relativistic Koringa-Kohn-Rostoker Green Function |
| HAUP | High Accuracy Universal Polarimeter |
| MSPR | Molecular Structure-property Relationship |
| SS | Split-shell (gaussian Basis Set) |
| PTS | Position-tagged Spectroscopy |
| EFG GTO | Electric Field Gradient Gaussian-type Orbital |
| CHARM | Complex Hazardous Air Release Model |