| Acronym | Meaning |
| OSA | Optical Society Of America |
| IMD | Intermetal Dielectric |
| AAR | Alkali-aggregate Reaction |
| DCEP | Direct Current Electrode Positive |
| MCTDH | Multiconfigurational Time-dependent Hartree (theory) |
| PICA | Polymerization-induced Colloid Aggregation |
| ECAP | Equal Channel Angular Pressing |
| IUTOX | International Union Of Toxicology |
| SSRS | Subtracted Shifted Raman Spectroscopy |
| NOEC | No Observed Effect Concentration |