| EBSD | Electron Backscatter Diffraction |
| GND | Geometrically Necessary Dislocation |
| HAADF | High-Angle Annular Dark Field |
| HAB | High-Angle Boundary |
| HPTE | High-Pressure Torsion Extrusion |
| LAB | Low-Angle Boundary |
| LOM | Light Optical Microscopy |
| OIM | Orientation Imaging Microscopy |
| PBS | Phosphate Buffered Saline |
| SEM | Scanning Electron Microscope |
| SPD | Severe Plastic Deformation |
| TEM | Transmission Electron Microscope |
| UFG | Ultrafine Grained |