Nanotechnology/Acronyms

Please add, update, order, and otherwise evolve this list! Wikipedia links are included for background. Please be aware that some acronyms may be rephrased to suit the context. For example, AFM is listed here so as to refer to the Atomic Force Microscope itself, but AFM may also refer to the process of performing Atomic Force Microscopy. Should common prefixes be given their own places? At the moment, this is not meant as an extensive list of techniques or processes relevant to nanotechnology. Instead it is meant to be a 'Rosetta stone' for those unfamiliar with this jargon. Acronyms AFM - Atomic Force Microscope ALD - Atomic Layer Deposition (idem Any Layer Deposition) CIGS - Copper Indium Gallium Selenide CNT - Carbon nanotube CVD - Chemical Vapor Depositon DSC - Differential Scanning Calorimetry DWNT - Double-walled carbon nanotubes EB-PVD - Electron Beam Physical Vapor Deposition EBDW - Electron-Beam Direct-Write Lithography EELS - Electron Energy Loss Spectroscopy EMAC - Extended metal atom chains EUV - Extreme Ultraviolet Lithography ITO - Indium Tin Oxide MOCVD - Metal Organic Chemical Vapor Deposition (idem Metalorganic Vapor Phase Epitaxy) MWNT - Multi-walled nanotubes NEMS - Nanoelectromechanical systems NIL - Nanoimprint Lithography P-SWNT - Polymerized single-walled nanotubes PECVD - Plasma Enhanced Chemical Vapor Deposition PLD - Pulsed Laser Deposition (idem Pulsed Laser Ablation) PVD - Physical Vapor Deposition RIE - Reactive Ion Etching SAED - Selected Area Electron Diffraction SEM - Scanning Electron Microscope SIMS - Secondary Ion Mass Spectroscopy SiNW - Silicon Nanowire SPL - Scanning Probe Lithography SWNT - Single-walled nanotubes STEM - Scanning Transmission Electron Microscope STM - Scanning Tunneling Microscope TEM - Transmission Electron Microscope UV/Vis - Ultraviolet-visible spectroscopy VLS - Vapor-liquid-solid method (used to create one-dimensional structures) XPS - X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy XRD - X-ray Diffraction YBCO - Yttrium Barium Copper Oxide