| Acronym | Meaning |
| CCI | Complete Configuration Interaction |
| EI | Emissions Inventory |
| PTGC | Programmed-temperature Gas Chromatography |
| QPMDA | Quasiparticle Mean Density Approxn. (assocd. With Local-d. Theory) |
| TCM | Tunneling Current Microscopy |
| SAM | Self-assembled Monolayer |
| VDZ | Valence Double Zeta |
| YAC | Yeast Artificial Chromosome |
| RSA | Reverse Saturable Absorption |
| EDX | Energy Dispersive X-ray |