| Acronym | Meaning |
| ICP-ROA | Incident Circular Polarization Raman Optical Activity |
| BOTDR | Brillouin Optical Time Domain Reflectometry |
| RAS | Reflection-absorption Spectroscopy |
| SPEG | Solid Phase Epitaxial Growth |
| CESE | Complex Eigenvalue Shroedinger Equation |
| PZC | Potential Of Zero Charge |
| VLDPE | Very Low Density Polyethylene |
| CSF | Catalyzed Soot Filter |
| CA | Collision Activation |
| CMIR | Carter Maximum Incremental Reactivity |