| Acronym | Meaning |
| CMB | Cosmic Microwave Background |
| HGP | Human Genome Project |
| MBE | Molecular Beam Epitaxy |
| PACE | Plasma Assisted Chemical Etching |
| SDSR-CI | Single And Double Excitations From Single Ref. State Function-CI Method |
| HMBC | Heteronuclear Multiple-bond Correlation |
| AMS | American Mathematical Society |
| GICS | Grants Information And Control System |
| FESEM | Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscopy |
| LOGMO | Lowest Occupied Gaussian Molecular Orbital |