| Acronym | Meaning |
| ACEC | Areas Of Critical Environmental Concern |
| OPG | Optical Parametric Generator |
| SED | Spectral Energy Distribution |
| GRI | Geosynthetics Research Institute (Drexel University |
| USCM | Unified Solvation Cavity Model |
| ETO | Elliptical-type Orbital |
| QCMD | Quantum-classical Mol. Dynamics |
| WAND | Wide Angle Neutron Diffraction |
| LLME | Liquid-liquid Micro Extraction |
| IUMS | International Union Of Microbiological Societies |