AlN	Aluminum nitride
ATR-IR Spectroscopy	Attenuated total reflection infrared spectroscopy
BMP	Basic metabolic panel
BUN	Blood urea nitrogen
CMOS	Complementary metal–oxide–semiconductor
CuPc	Copper phthalocyanine
DEMP	Diethyl methylphosphonate
DMMP	Dimethyl methylphosphonate
DMPE	Dimyristoylphosphatidylethanolamine
DOS	Density of states
HMDS	Hexamethyldisilazane
IR	Infrared
IRAS or IRRAS	Infrared reflection absorption spectroscopy
MIR	Mid-infrared
MMA	Methyl methacrylate
PICs	Photonic integrated circuits
POC	Point-of-care
SEIRAS	Surface-enhanced infrared spectroscopy
SERS	Surface-enhanced raman scattering
SiN	Silicon nitride
SOI	Silicon-on-insulator
SWAP	Size, weight, and power
TEP	Triethyl phosphate
TMP	Trimethyl phosphate
WERS	Waveguide-enhanced raman spectroscopy