Friday, July 30, 2010

New 10 terms


OMCTS
octamethylcyclotetrasiloxane

DMPCSO
decamethylcylopentasiloxane

DMOMS
dimethoxymethylsilane

DEMS
diethoxymethylsilane

DMDMOS
dimethyldimethoxysilane

DMDOSH
dimethyldioxysilylcyclohexane

MTES
methyltriethoxysilane

DVS
divinylsiloxane

DIPB
diisopropenylbenzene

HSSQ
hydrogen silsesquioxane

Wednesday, July 28, 2010

New 10 terms

FDLC
fluorinated diamond-like carbon

4MS
tetramethylsilane

3MS
trimethylsilane

DMPS
dimethylphenylsilane

DPMS
diphenylmethylsilane

DVDMS
divinyldimethylsilane

TVMS
trivinylmethylsilan

HMCTSO
hexamethylcyclotrisiloxane

TMCTS
tetramethylcyclotetrasiloxane

TVTMCTS
tetravinyltetramethylcyclotetrasiloxane

Tuesday, July 27, 2010

New 10 terms

NTRS
National Technology Roadmap for Semiconductors

RC
resistance and capacitance

HDP
high-density plasma

FEOL
front-end-of-the-line

SD
single damascene

DD
dual damascene

RTCVD
room temperature chemical vapor deposition

FTAS
fluorotrialkoxysilane

HPDEC
high power decoupled

FRES
forward recoil elastic scattering

Monday, July 26, 2010

New 10 terms

PAMC
pseudo-atomistic Monte Carlo

PDS
photothermal deflection spectroscopy

LAP
laser-assisted poling

TPF
two-photon-induced fluorescence

TSM
two-state model

TMT
Teng-Man technique

PAS
polarized absorption spectroscopy

VAPAS
variable angle polarized absorption spectroscopy

VLSI
very large scale integration

FSG
fluorosilicate glass

Friday, July 23, 2010

New 10 terms

CRS
cell-respirometric screening

SF
streched film

VASE
variable angle spectroscopic ellipsometer

CG
coarse-grained

IRF
instrument response function

HTP
4-hydroxythiophenol

DAT
10-dodecylanthracene-9-thiol

BEOL
back-end-of-the-line

UHF
ultra high frequency

SWAP
size, weight, and power

Tuesday, July 20, 2010

New 10 terms

FC
Fast Closed

VNIR
very-near infrared

LS
lauryl sulfate

PA
preamplifier

BA
bridge amplifier

SH
sample hold

PT
pressure transducer

DBS
dichroic beam splitter

ICC
inverted colloidal crystal

DMEM
Dulbecco's modified Eagle's medium

Friday, July 16, 2010

New 10 terms

TRPL
time-resolved photoluminescence

BTB
bromothymol blue

MLC
metal-ligand complex

OSPF
oxygen-sensitive polymer film

CIAC
Chemistry Industry Association of Canada

IC
ion chromatography

SIPO
State Intellectual Property Office

ATOFMS
aerosol time-of-flight mass spectrometer

CUR
Council on Undergraduate Research

CSC
Canadian Society for Chemistry

Thursday, July 15, 2010

New 10 terms

EC
ethylcellulose

TFEM
2,2,2-trifluoroethyl methacrylate

PTFEM
poly(2,2,2-trifluoroethyl methacrylate)

TOAOH
tetraoctylammonium hydroxide

PVCD
poly(vinylidene chloride-​co-​vinyl chloride)

ITL
ideality temperature limit

PVC
pigment volume concentration

TPGDA
tri(propylene glycol) diacrylate

PEGEM
poly(ethylene glycol) ethyl ether methacrylate

DRLFP
diffuse reflectance laser flash photolysis

Monday, July 12, 2010

New 10 terms

RL
radioluminescence

CRSA
chemical-responsive sensor array

PPCSA
pin-printed chemical sensor array

DPVBi
4,4'-bis(2,2'-diphenylvinyl)-1,1'-biphenyl

OSAILS
optical sensor and integrated light source

DM
demodulation

ETEOS
ethyltriethoxysilane

TPEL
two-photon excited luminescence

OPEL
one-photon excited luminescence

TMC
transition metal complex

Wednesday, July 7, 2010

New 10 terms

GGA
glucose-glutamic acid

NBE
near band edge

CHFOE
2'-chloro-7'-hexylfluorescein octadecyl ester

ILET
interligand electron transfer

FDM
frequency domain method

DPDMOS
diphenyldimethoxysilane

TMMOS
trimethylmethoxysilane

PD
pore diameter

AR
aspect ratio

CE
Clark electrode

Tuesday, July 6, 2010

New 10 terms

MAPTMS
3-methacryloxypropyltrimethoxysilane

LOCI
luminescent oxygen channeling immunoassay

TMMB
1,​3,​5-​tris[2-​(2'-​pyridyl)​benzimidazolyl]​methylbenzene

AOx
alcohol oxidase

LOx
lactate oxidase

LOC
lab on a chip

COPD
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

GZO
gadolinium zirconate

RGP
rigid gas-permeable

SNAFL
seminaphthofluorescein

Thursday, July 1, 2010

New 10 terms

HABA
2-(4-hydroxyphenylazo)benzoic acid

AA
anodized aluminum

DSP
digital signal processor

PD
photodiode

DRS
diffuse reflectance spectrum

FBLMS
floe-based luminescence-sensing method

NDMA
N-nitrodimethylamine

EMT
N-ethyl-N'-methylsulfonylthiourea

HQS
8-hydroxyquinoline-5-sulfonic acid

HSNQ
8-hydroxy-7-(4-sulfo-1-naphthylazo)-5-quinolinesulfonic acid