| Acronym | Meaning |
| FFM | Friction Force Microscopy |
| PDMEE | Primary-beam Diffraction Modulated Electron Emission |
| CLEFT | Cleavage Of Lateral Epitaxial Films For Transfer |
| MMFF | Molecular Mechanics Force Field |
| BOA | Born-Oppenheimer Approxn. |
| SMM | Solar Maximum Mission |
| QHD | Quantum Hadrodynamics |
| BCCP | Biotin Carboxyl-carrier Protein |
| NCID | National Center For Infectious Diseases |
| POSAP | Position-sensitive Atom Probe |