| Acronym | Meaning |
| SURF III | Synchrotron UV Radiation Facility (at NIST) |
| ECM | Electrochemical Machining |
| MFS | Molecular Fluorescence Spectroscopy |
| EU | European Union |
| HRADS | High Resolution Adsorption |
| CIPSO | Configuration Interaction (with) Perturbation (including) Spin-orbit Coupling |
| TO | Toxic Organic |
| GEMS | General Energy And Material Balance System [model] |
| ECAP | Energy-compensated Atom Probe |
| CPIMA | Center On Polymer Interfaces And Macromolecular Assemblies |