| Acronym | Meaning |
| HVT | Hypervirial Theory |
| DTCI | 3,3'-diethylthiacarbocyanine Iodide |
| MCLED | Microcavity Light-emitting Diode |
| CVD | Cardiovascular Disease |
| DSH | Dye-sensitized Heterojunction |
| PTS | Position-tagged Spectroscopy |
| CAOPM | Configuration-averaged Optimized-potential Model |
| CSR | Class Switch Recombination |
| NCMET | Nonclosed Shell Many Electron Theory |
| SSH | Suppressive Subtraction Hybridization |