Tuesday, December 14, 2010

New 10 terms

NEMS
nanoelectromechanical system

NGC
nongraphitizable carbon

NHOMO
next highest occupied molecular orbital

BRET
bioluminescence resonance energy transfer

FDA
diacetylated fluorescein

NNBA
3,4-dinitrobenzanilide

TG
Tokyo Green

NPNN
nitrophenyl nitronylnitroxide

OCB
optically compensated bent

OLET
organic light-emitting transistor

Monday, December 13, 2010

New 10 terms

IPS
in-plane switching

JTC
joint transform correlator

LCD
liquid crystal display

LITH
light-induced thermal hysteresis

LPB
lithium polymer battery

LS
low spin

MSR
magnetically-induced super resolution

MVA
multidomain vertical alignment

MZ
Mach-Zehnder

NBMO
non-bonding molecular orbital

Friday, December 10, 2010

New 10 terms

GSO
general spin orbital

HFP
hexafluoroprupylene

HMM
heavy meromyosin

MG
molecular gastronomy

AEDA
aroma extract dilution analysis

VCF
volatile compounds in foods

MFT
2-methyl-3-furanthiol

WOF
warmed-over flavor

ICMM
International Conference on Molecule-based Magnetism

ICSM
International Conference on Synthetic Metals

Thursday, December 9, 2010

New 10 terms

EEPROM
electrically erasable and programmable read only memory

EMR
electron magnetic resonance

ESR
equivalent series resistance

EW
equivalent weight

FLCD
ferroelectric liquid crystal display

FPD
flat panel display

FSC
field sequential color

FTC
furan containing tricyano group

GC
graphitizable carbon

GH
guest host

Wednesday, December 8, 2010

New 10 terms

CNR
carrier to noise ratio

CTL
carrier transport layer

DEC
diethyl carbonate

DES
diethyl sulfide

DMC
dimethyl carbonate

DODS
different orbital for different spins

DSM
dynamic scattering mode

DWDD
domain wall displacement detection

ECB
electrically controlled birefringence

ECZ
ethylcarbazole

Tuesday, December 7, 2010

New 10 terms

APT
aluminum phthalocyanine tetrasulfonate

AV
areolar vesicle

BAM
N,N'-bis[4-(N,N'-dimethylamino)benzalidene]diaminomaleonitrile

BCP
2,9-dimethyl-4,7-diphenyl-1,10-phenanthroline

BETS
bis(ethylenedithio)tetraselenafuvalene

BTN
bistable twist nematic

CASCI
complete active space configuration interaction

CBE
conduction band edge

CC
coupled cluster

CMR
colossal magnetoresistance

Monday, December 6, 2010

New 10 terms

NICNAS
Australia National Industrial Chemicals Notification and Assessment Scheme

OEHHA
Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment

PFBOA
o-(2,3,4,5,6-pentafluorobenzyl)hydroxylamine

SBR
styrene-butadiene rubber

SCHER
Scientific Committee on Health and Environmental Risks

DEET
N,N-diethyl-m-toluamide

DANS
4-dimethylamino-4′-nitrostilbene

4HG
fourth harmonic generation

AFLC
antiferroelectric liquid crystal

AM
active matrix

Friday, December 3, 2010

New 10 terms

DI
daily intake

UVPCO
ultraviolet photocatalytic oxidation

AFSSET
French Agency for Environmental and Occupational Health Safety

ASHRAE
American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and LOD Air Conditioning Engineers

CEN
European Committee for Standardization

COMEAP
Committee on the Medical Effects of Air Pollutants

DOAS
differential optical absorption spectroscopy

JAS
Japanese Agricultural Standard

NHD
Norwegian Health Directorate

NHMRC
National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia

Thursday, December 2, 2010

New 10 terms

EF
emission factor

DMC
dynamic microchamber

TWA
time-weighted average

STEL
short-term exposure limit

REL
reference exposure level

UFFI
urea-formaldehyde foam insulation

GM
geometric mean

AM
arithmetic mean

BEAM
Boston Exposure Assessment in Microenvironments

RIOPA
relationships of indoor, outdoor, and personal air