| Acronym | Meaning |
| SBH | Schottky-barrier Height |
| EMSA | Electron Microscopy Society Of America |
| APS | Aerodynamic Particle Sizer |
| GSM | Global System For Mobile Telecommunications |
| STPF | Stabilized-temperature Platform Furnace |
| NSIDC | National Snow And Ice Data Center (University Of Colorado) |
| CTOF | Charge Time-of-Flight Spectrometer |
| PTMG | Polytetramethylene Glycol |
| WALTZ | Wonderful Alternating Phase Technique For Zero Residual Splittings |
| SMFS | Single Molecule Force Spectroscopy |