| Acronym | Meaning |
| ESD | Electron-stimulated Desorption |
| SCAQS | Southern California Air Quality Study |
| MRS | Micro-Raman Spectroscopy |
| LCPH | Localized Chemical Pseudopotential Hamiltonian |
| GWP | Gaussian Wave Packet |
| BAW | Bond-order Alternation Wave (mol. Orbital) |
| CODF | Crystallite Orientation Distribution Function |
| SILAR | Successive Ionic Layer Adsorption And Reaction |
| DOD | Dissolved Oxygen Deficit |
| MAST | Mega-Amp Spherical Tokamak |