| Acronym | Meaning |
| NSC | National Safety Council |
| DBRTS | Double-barrier Resonant Tunneling Structure |
| FNAL | Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory |
| CNDO/S | Complete Neglect Of Differential Overlap/spectroscopic |
| API | Atmosheric Pressure Ionization |
| SMD | Single-molecule Detection |
| NTR | Nontranslated Region |
| GPD | Gallons Per Day |
| CLOPPA | Contribution From Localized Molecular Orbitals With Polarization Propagator Approach |
| TSC | Thermal Stimulated Current |