| Acronym | Meaning |
| DSPC | Distearoyl Phosphatidylcholine |
| GIXRD | Grazing Incidence X-ray Diffraction |
| CILS | Collision-induced Light Scattering |
| FEV1 | Forced Expiratory Volume In The First Second (lung Function) |
| ASMC | Aortic Smooth Muscle Cell |
| LIPS | Laser-induced Plasma Spectroscopy |
| S-MPPT | Supermolecular Moeller-Plesset Perturbation Theory |
| CCSDTQP | CCSDTQ (and) Pentuple (excitations) |
| CFSE | Crystal Field Stabilization Energy |
| LDA | Linear Diode Array |