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