| Acronym | Meaning |
| PTD | Photothermal Deflection |
| DEGMBE | Diethylene Glycol Mono-n-Bu Ether |
| EDGAR | Emissions Database For Global Atm. Research |
| PFOE | Polarized First-order Exchange |
| SCAB | South Coast Air Basin |
| SMSI | Strong Metal-support Interaction |
| PXR | Pregnane X Receptorpar |
| LIPSS | Laser-induced Periodic Surface Structures |
| AHSP | ÿ-Hemoglobin-stabilizing Protein |
| RHF SP | Restricted Hartree Fock Spin Polarization |