| Acronym | Meaning |
| XPED | X-ray Photoelectron Diffractometry |
| DTCI | 3,3'-diethylthiacarbocyanine Iodide |
| EQPAC | Equatorial Pacific Study |
| BOA | Born-Oppenheimer Approxn. |
| XRMF | X-ray Microfluorescence |
| SAFM | Scanning Attractive Force Microscopy |
| RVCM | Renormalized Virtual-crystal Method (for Electronic Structure) |
| EEPLD | Electrically Erasable Programmable Logic Device |
| ASEC | Applied Solar Energy Corporation |
| DBEP | Bis(2-butoxyethyl) Phthalate |