| Acronym | Meaning |
| LIR | Limiting Infiltration Rate |
| FFP | Femtosecond Flash Photolysis |
| SAWS | Surface Acoustic Wave Sensor |
| AEM | Auger Electron Microscopy |
| FSE | Fast Spin Echo |
| AO | Atomic Orbital |
| EMP | Empirical Pseudopotential Method |
| GAMESS | General Atomic And Molecular Electronic Structure System |
| APC | Anaphase-promoting Complex |
| DONUT | Direct Observation Of The Nu Tau |