| Acronym | Meaning |
| ETP | Environmental Tracking Procedure |
| LOCV | Lowest-order Constrained Variation |
| ECSTM | Electrochemical Scanning Tunneling Microscopy |
| DIRLD | Dynamic Infrared Linear Dichroism |
| APEG | Alkaline Polyethylene Glycolate |
| THC | Total Hydrocarbon |
| STAD | Simple Town Air Dispersion Model (of Air Pollution) |
| RTP | Research Triangle Park |
| SPMP | Scanning Proton Microprobe |
| DUVPL | Deep Ultraviolet Projection Lithography |