| Acronym | Meaning |
| SXRAM | Scanning X-ray Analytical Microprobe |
| DESY | Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron |
| LKKR | Layer Korringa-Kohn-Rostoker (in Interface Electronic Structures) |
| SCAN | Silica-coated Aluminum Nitride |
| PPMSVX | Pseudopotential Multiple-scattering Valence-exchange |
| TACI | Transmembrane Activator And CAML Interactor |
| CMP | Chemical Measurement Process |
| ADA | N-(2-acetamido) Iminodiacetic Acid |
| SLMTO | Surface Linear (combination) Of Muffin-tin Orbitals |
| LSI | Large-scale Integration |