| Acronym | Meaning |
| LTPL | Low Temperature Photoluminescence |
| NACE | Nonaq. Capillary Electrophoresis |
| LALIF | Laser Atomization/Laser Induced Fluorescence |
| CEFIC | European Chemical Industry Association |
| CCA | Crystalline Cluster Approach (in Electronic Structure Calcns.) |
| IGEFET | Interdigitated-gate-electrode Field-effect Transistor |
| TIU | Technical Information Unit |
| CRF | Chronic Renal Failure |
| MDSC | Modulated Differential Scanning Calorimetry |
| HUGO | Human Genome Organization |