| Acronym | Meaning |
| PHEMT | Pseudomorphic High Electron Mobility Transistor |
| NIDDM | Non-insulin-dependent Diabetes Mellitus |
| BHF | Broken-symmetry Hartree-Fock |
| AMAD | Activity Median Aerodynamic Diameter |
| APT | Attached Proton Test |
| REMPI | Resonance-Enhanced Multiphoton Ionization (for Mass Spectrometry) |
| MCPA | Molecular Coherent-potential Approximation |
| PEANUT | Phase-inverted Echo-amplitude Detected Nutation |
| UBM | Under Bump Metallurgy |
| ASV | Anodic Stripping Voltammetry |