| Acronym | Meaning |
| RAPS | Regional Air Pollution Study |
| URA | Universities Research Association |
| AEPS | Auger Electron Appearance Potential Spectroscopy |
| NYSERDA | New York State Energy Research And Development Authority |
| ARP | Angle-resolved Photoemission |
| RCM | Rotated-coordinate Method |
| QFDFT | Quantum-fluid Density-functional Theory |
| LUMO | Lowest Unoccupied Molecular Orbital |
| AOTF | Acousto-optic Tunable Filter |
| FN | Ferrite Number |