| Acronym | Meaning |
| CASAC | Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee (US EPA) |
| CIS | Chemical Information System |
| SAM | Self-assembled Monolayer |
| LSR | Liquid Silicone Rubber |
| WHMO | Wolfsberg-Helmholz Molecular Orbital |
| GPT | Glutamic Pyruvic Transaminase |
| PPLN | Periodically Poled Lithium Niobate |
| MCSCRF | Multiconfigurational Self-consistent Reaction Field |
| IDEAL | International Digital Electronic Access Library |
| ASE | Augmented Secular Equation |