| Acronym | Meaning |
| EMP | Empirical Pseudopotential Method |
| DRF | Direct Reaction Field (for Intermol. Interactions) |
| GIAXRD | Grazing Incidence Angle X-ray Diffraction |
| DVC-FISH | Direct Viable Count-fluorescent In Situ Hybridization |
| DCB | Distorted Coulomb-Born Approxn. |
| CTAB | Cetyl Trimethyl Ammonium Bromide (cationic Surfactant) |
| FGH | Fourier-grid Hamiltonian |
| ICDW | Incommensurate Charge Density Wave |
| ELRA | Enzyme-linked Receptor Assay |
| CCI | Crevice Corrosion Index |