| Acronym | Meaning |
| BBB | Blood-brain Barrier |
| SDC | Samaria-doped Ceria |
| I-TE | International Toxicity Equiv. |
| SGOT | Serum Glutamic-oxaloacetic Transaminase |
| NCE | New Chemical Entity |
| ASPEN | Advanced System For Process Engineering (DOE Software Package) |
| HPI | Hazard Potential Index |
| BCRU | British Committee On Radiation Units And Measurements |
| FCHF | Frozen-core Hartree-Fock |
| SEI | Secondary Electron Imaging |