| Acronym | Meaning |
| FNA | Fine-needle Aspiration |
| BN | Boron Nitride |
| TMO | Truncated Molecular Orbital |
| CLOD | Concn. Limit Of Detection |
| APD | Avalanche Photodiode |
| APCAR | Angular Correlation Of Positron Annihilation Radiation |
| UHF-AA | Unrestricted Hartree-Fock (with Spin) Annihilation |
| IEDM | International Electron Devices Meeting |
| LMO | Localized Molecular Orbital |
| SCLCP | Side-chain Liquid-crystalline Polymer |