| Acronym | Meaning |
| CHESS | Community Health And Environmental Surveillance System |
| SMD | Sauter Mean Diameter |
| LIESST | Light-induced Excited Spin State Trapping |
| HIID | Heavy Ion Induced Desorption |
| BCRU | British Committee On Radiation Units And Measurements |
| RER | Rough Endoplasmic Reticulum |
| RSSC-CPA | Real-space-scattering Cluster Coherent Potential Approxn. |
| LCICD | Liquid Crystal Induced Circular Dichroism |
| SPIES | Surface Penning Ionization Electron Spectroscopy |
| ABA | Acrylonitrile-butadiene Acrylate |