| Acronym | Meaning |
| SRGO | Straight Run Gas Oils |
| LTH | Linearized Time-dependent Hartree (approxn. |
| SPM | Scanning Proton Microprobe |
| LEPECVD | Low Energy Plasma Enhanced Chemical Vapor Deposition |
| IVO | Improved Virtual Orbital |
| SCTA | Sample Controlled Thermal Analysis |
| DLOS | Deep-level Optical Spectroscopy |
| ROSS | River Oil Spill Simulation |
| FIP | Full Intra-pair (spin-coupling) (wave Function) |
| HBSS | Hanks' Balanced Salt Solution |