| Acronym | Meaning |
| FMO | Frontier Molecular Orbital |
| DFW | Diffusion Welding |
| FLCAO | Factorized LCAO |
| BBSRC | Biotechnology And Biological Sciences Research Council |
| QELS | Quasi-Elastic Light Scattering |
| WSC | Water Soluble Carbohydrate |
| CERL | Construction Engineering Research Laboratory (US Army) |
| RHFS | Relativistic Hartree-Fock-Slater |
| SCM | Subsurface Chlorophyll Maximum |
| MLE | Molecular Layer Epitaxy |