| Acronym | Meaning |
| SES | Surface Electronic State |
| OMHCE | Organic Material Hydrocarbon Equivalent |
| QSMD | Quantum-stochastic Mol. Dynamics |
| BAC-MP4 | Bond-additivity-corrected Moeller-Plesset 4th-order Perturbation |
| SALI | Secondary Atom Laser Ionization |
| LSCM | Laser Scanning Confocal Microscopy |
| QXRD | Quantitative X-ray Diffraction |
| CA | Cellulose Acetate |
| BMR | Basal Metabolic Rate |
| AUSM | Advanced Utility Simulation Model |