| Acronym | Meaning |
| ARM | Atomic Resolution Microscope |
| ELO | Epitaxial Lateral Overgrowth |
| BOS | Basic Oxygen Steelmaking |
| AFCS | Alliance For Cellular Signaling |
| ICSD | Inorganic Crystal Structure Database |
| SLEEM | Scanning Laser-enhanced Electrochemical Microscopy |
| APT | Analytic Perturbation Theory |
| OSW | Office Of Solid Waste (US EPA) |
| AACVD | Aerosol-assisted Chemical Vapor Deposition |
| POSS | Polyhedral Oligomeric Silsesquioxane |