| Acronym | Meaning |
| HPA | Hydroxypropyl Acrylate |
| CTE | Coefficient Of Thermal Expansion |
| XPM | Cross-phase Modulation |
| PIERS | Polarized Infrared External Reflection Spectroscopy |
| SILO | Strain Induced Lateral Ordering |
| ACM | Aanderaa Current Meter |
| AGCM | Adiabatic Generator Coordinate Method (for Energy Level Calcn.) |
| BTB | Bromothymol Blue |
| L2 | Square Integrable (wave Function) (in Electron-atom Or -mol. Collisions) |
| CSCF | Complex Self-consistent Field |