| Acronym | Meaning |
| SCCEH | Self-consistent Charge Extended Hueckel Method |
| APB | Antiphase Boundary (crystal Chemistry) |
| LEO | Lateral Epitaxial Overgrowth |
| HEMA | Hydroxyethyl Methacrylate |
| NOMS | National Organics Monitoring Survey (US EPA 1976-1977) |
| POAV | Pi Orbital Axis Vector Analysis (electronic-structure Model) |
| MPAN | Peroxy Methacrolyl Nitrate |
| EFG | Electric Field Gradient |
| UTP | Unitary Transformation (based) Perturbation (theory) |
| ESI | Electronic Supplementary Information |