| Acronym | Meaning |
| ECQB | Electrochemical Quartz Crystal Balance |
| CPB | Cardiopulmonary Bypass |
| SNMS | Sputtered Neutral Mass Spectrometry |
| LSM | Layered Synthetic Microstructure |
| PFOA | Perfluorooctanoic Acid |
| TIRFM | Total Internal Reflection Fluorescence Microscopy |
| IPMA | Ion Probe Microanalysis |
| OEBR | Optical Edge Bead Removal |
| AIC | Air Information Center |
| CRC | Coupled-reaction-channels (quantum Calcn. Method) |