| Acronym | Meaning |
| HVPE | Hydride Vapor Phase Epitaxy |
| IBM | International Business Machines |
| PLAD | Pulsed Laser Ablation Deposition |
| PCA | Principal Component Analysis |
| FABMS | Fast Atom Bombardment Mass Spectrometry |
| OD | Optical Density |
| SIRNA | Small Interfering RNA |
| BARC | Bhabha Atomic Research Center |
| DPCI | Derwent Patents Citation Index |
| COF | Coefficient Of Friction |