| Acronym | Meaning |
| ERL | Environmental Research Laboratory |
| HPAE | High Performance Anion Exchange |
| SIDLTS | Scanning Ion Deep Level Transient Spectroscopy |
| EDS | Energy-dispersive Spectrometry |
| DFB | Distributed Feedback |
| GOPW | Gaussian Orthogonalized Plane Wave |
| MPT | Mitochondrial Permeability Transition |
| MIR | Multiple Internal Reflection |
| PLFA | Phospholipid Fatty Acid |
| DOR | Double Rotation |