AES	Auger Electron Spectroscopy
APECS	Auger-photoelectron coincidence spectroscopy
AFM	Atomic Force Microscopy
ALD	Atomic Layer Deposition
ARXPS	Angle-resolved X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy
A-XRD	Anomalous (Resonant) X-ray Diffraction
A-XRR	Anomalous (Resonant) X-ray Reflectivity
BSE	Backscattered Electron
CDI	Coherent Diffractive Imaging
CBED	Convergent-beam Electron Diffraction
CTR	Crystal Truncation Rod
CVD	Chemical Vapor Deposition
EBSD	Electron Backscatter Diffraction
EDS	Energy-dispersed Spectroscopy
EELS	Electron Energy Loss Spectroscopy
EXAFS	Extended X-ray Absorption Fine Structures
FIB	Focused Ion Beam
GIXRD	Grazing Incidence X-ray Diffraction
GISAXS	Grazing Incidence Small-angle Scattering
GIXRF	Grazing incidence X-ray Fluorescence
HAADF	High-angle Annular Dark Field
HRCTRS	High-resolution Crystal Truncation Rod Scattering
HRTEM	High-resolution Transmission Electron Microscopy
HRXRD	High-resolution X-ray diffraction
LEED	Low-energy Electron Diffraction
MExFM	Magnetic Exchange Force Microscopy
MFM	Magnetic Force Microscopy
MBE	Molecular Beam Epitaxy
ND	Neutron Diffraction
NR	Neutron Reflectivity
PDF	Pair Correlation Functions
PEEM	Photoemission Electron Microscopy
PES	Photoelectron Spectroscopy
PLD	Pulsed Laser Deposition
PMA	Perpendicular Magnetic Anisotropy
RHEED	Reflection High-energy Electron Diffraction
RSM	Reciprocal Space Map
RIXS	Resonant Inelastic X-ray Scattering
R-XSW	Resonant X-ray Standing Wave
R-XRD	Resonant X-ray Diffraction
R-XRR	Resonant X-ray Reflectivity
SEM	Scanning Electron Microscopy
SXES	Soft X-ray Emission Spectroscopy
SPLEEM	Spin-polarized Low-energy Electron Microscopy
SP-PES	Spin-polarized Photoemission Spectroscopy
SP-STM	Spin-polarized Scanning Tunneling Microscopy
STEM	Scanning Transmission Electron Microscopy
TEM	Transmission Electron Microscopy
ToF-SIMS	Time-of-flight Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry
XAFS	X-ray Absorption Fine Structure
XAS	X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy
XANES	X-ray Absorption Near Edge Structure
XES	X-ray Emission Spectroscopy
XMCD	X-ray Magnetic Circular Dichroism
XPS	X-ray Photoemission Spectroscopy
XRD	X-ray Diffraction
XRF	X-ray Fluorescence
XRR	X-ray Reflectivity
XRS	X-ray Scattering
XSW	X-ray Standing Waves
SW-XAFS	Standing Waves–X-ray Absorption Fine Structure
XTEM	Cross-sectional Transmission Electron Microscopy