| Acronym | Meaning |
| ACA | American Crystallographic Association |
| LBM | Laser Beam Machining |
| RBS | Rutherford Backscattering |
| ISEC | Inverse Size-exclusion Chromatography |
| SAB | Substratum-aerated-biofilm Reactor |
| TSFZ | Traveling Solvent Floating Zone |
| PAUR | Photochemical Activity And Solar Ultraviolet Radiation [project] |
| REMPI | Resonance-Enhanced Multiphoton Ionization (for Mass Spectrometry) |
| SUVA | Specific UV Absorbance |
| BEC | Bose-Einstein Condensation |