| Acronym | Meaning |
| MIR | Multiple Internal Reflection |
| RSC | The Royal Society Of Chemistry |
| AC | Alternating Current |
| ANSOM | Apertureless Near-field Scanning Optical Microscopy |
| PCT | Photoinduced Charge Transfer |
| PPD | Purified Protein Derivative |
| PACE | Plasma Assisted Chemical Etching |
| LQG | Linear Quadratic Gaussian |
| DZRS | Double Zeta Roos-Siegbahn (wave Functions) |
| NLLSF | Non-linear Least Square Fitting |