| Acronym | Meaning |
| SET | Single Electron Tunneling |
| BRI | Building-related Illness |
| FC | Frozen Core (approxn. For Electron-atom Scattering Calcns.) |
| QCFF/PI | Quantum Mechanical Consistent Force Field Method For Pi-electron Systems |
| MIPMS | Microwave Induced Plasma Mass Spectrometry |
| AIPI | Ab Initio Perturbed Ion (calcn. Method) |
| QMCRG | Quantum Monte-Carlo Renormalization Group (for Quantum Phase Transitions) |
| SEC | Size Exclusion Chromatography |
| IGLO | Individual Gauge For Localized Orbital |
| AKDQ | Aluminum-killed Drawing Quality |