| Acronym | Meaning |
| SDQ-MBPT | Single (and) Double (and) Quadruple (substituted States) Many-body Perturbation Theory |
| GPPS | General Purpose Polystyrene |
| SDCPA | Site-dependent Coherent Potential Approxn. |
| SUTRA | Saturated Unsaturated Transport Model |
| TRXF | Total Reflection X-ray Fluorescence |
| SPAD | Single Photon Avalanche Diode |
| TE | Thermionic Emission |
| FATE | Functional Attributes In Terrestrial Ecosystems |
| INADEQUATE | Incredible Natural Abundance Double Quantum Transfer Experiment |
| EDXR | Energy Dispersive X-ray Reflectometry |