| Acronym | Meaning |
| HQSAR | Holographic Quantitative Structure-activity Relationship |
| ILTJ | Iodine-Laser Temperature Jump |
| SANS | Small-angle Neutron Scattering |
| PSD | Photon Stimulated Desorption |
| NOM | Natural Organic Matter |
| IEV | Ion-exchange Voltammetry |
| MCLED | Microcavity Light-emitting Diode |
| ASR | Alkali-silica Reaction |
| ASAXS | Anomalous Small-angle X-ray Scattering |
| ASSIST | Abstract Semi-Markov Specification Interface To The SURE Tool [propulsion] |