| Acronym | Meaning |
| BOA | Benzyl Octyl Adipate |
| PBPC | Peripheral Blood Progenitor Cell |
| GRI | Geosynthetics Research Institute (Drexel University |
| OVMO | Occupied Valence-type Mol. Orbital |
| ACA | American Crystallographic Association |
| IEF | Isoelectric Focusing |
| LSC | Luminescent Solar Concentrator |
| USBM | US Bureau Of Mines |
| CCD | Charge Coupled Device |
| NMDR | Nuclear Magnetic Double Resonance |