| Acronym | Meaning |
| SSFLC | Surface-stabilized Ferroelec. Liq. Crystals |
| SCHA | Self-consistent Harmonic Approxn. |
| BAP | Bioavailable Phosphorus |
| ELV | End-of-life Vehicle |
| IDO | Initial Dissolved Oxygen |
| ABO | Adiabatic Born-Oppenheimer (wave Functions) |
| EFM | Electric Force Microscopy |
| LTPLD | Liquid Target Pulsed Laser Deposition |
| SEE | Static Exact Exchange (approxn. In Electron-mol. Scattering) |
| PTIS | Photothermal Ionization Spectroscopy |