| Acronym | Meaning |
| PSD | Photon Stimulated Desorption |
| ELA | Excimer Laser Annealing |
| DCO | Delayed Compliance Order |
| GMAD | Geometric Mean Aerodynamic Diameter |
| CMI | Corrective Measures Implementation |
| SVE | Selected Valence Electron Model |
| DTDMAC | Ditallowdimethylammonium Cation [surfactant] |
| HFP | Hartree-Fock Perturbation |
| IEM | Independent Electron Model (for Ionization In Ion-atom Collisions) |
| BSCCO | Bismuth Strontium Calcium Copper Oxide |