| Acronym | Meaning |
| HCPA | Homomorphic Cluster Coherent Potential Approximation |
| ACS | American Chemical Society |
| DZPP | Double-zeta (doubly) Polarized (basis Set) |
| DLOS | Deep-level Optical Spectroscopy |
| AS | Air Stripping |
| TAC | Total Antioxidn. Capacity |
| ARRP | Acid Rain Research Program |
| MERIE | Magnetically Enhanced Reactive Ion Etching |
| CBE | Chemical Beam Epitaxy |
| PVR | Pulmonary Vascular Resistance |