| Acronym | Meaning |
| LIR | Limiting Infiltration Rate |
| XAES | X-ray Excited Auger Electron Spectroscopy |
| PSI-BLAST | Position-specific Iterated BLAST |
| FI | Fouling Index |
| NETD | Noise Equiv. Temp. Difference |
| CCDZP | Correlation-consistent Double-zeta (plus) Polarization (basis Set) |
| FCS | Fetal Calf Serum |
| DRIFT | Diffuse Reflectance IR Fourier Transform |
| ER | Endoplasmic Reticulum |
| ADXPS | Angular Dependent X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy |