| Acronym | Meaning |
| GSMBE | Gas Source Molecular-beam Epitaxy |
| VEOMP | Valence-electron-only Model Potential (for Mol. SCF Calcns.) |
| PESA | Proton Elastic Scattering Anal. |
| GLAS | Geoscience Laser Altimeter System |
| EMMA | Energy-dispersive Miniprobe Multielement Analyzer |
| SERA | Sequential Electrochemical Reduction Analysis |
| POF | Plastic Optical Fiber |
| NIRS | Neutral Impact Radiation Spectroscopy |
| HEXS | High-energy X-ray Scattering |
| GO-SCF | Gaussian Orbital Self-consistent Field |