AAS: Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy
AED: Auger electron diffraction

AES: Auger Electron Spectroscopy

AFM: Atomic Force Microscopy
AFS: atomic fluorescence spectroscopy
APFIM: atom probe field ion microscopy
APS: Appearance Potential Spectroscopy
ATR: Attenuated Total Reflectance
AXRS: Anomalous X-Ray Scattering
BiFC: bimolecular fluorescence complementation
BKD: Backscatter Kikuchi Diffraction
BRET: bioluminescence resonance energy transfer
BSED: Back Scattered Electron Diffraction
C-AFM: Conductive Atomic Force Microscopy
CAICISS: Coaxial Impact Collision Ion Scattering Spectroscopy
CARS: coherent anti-Stokes Raman spectroscopy
CBED: convergent beam electron diffraction
CCM: Charge Collection Microscopy
CDI: Coherent Diffraction Imaging
CET: Cryo-Electron Tomography
CL: cathodoluminescence
CLSM: confocal laser scanning microscopy
COSY: correlation spectroscopy
cryo-EM: Cryo-electron microscopy
CV: cyclic voltammetry
dHvA: de Haas van Alphen

DIC: Differential Interference Contrast
DLS: Dynamic Light Scattering
DLTS: deep level transient spectroscopy
DMA: dynamic mechanical analysis
DSC: Differential Scanning Calorimetry
DTA: Differential Thermal Analysis
DVS: Dynamic vapour sorption
EBIC: electron beam-induced current
EBSD: Electron Backscatter Diffraction
ECOSY: Exclusive Correlation Spectroscopy
ECT: Electrical Capacitance Tomography
EDAX: energy dispersive analysis of X-rays
EDMR: electrically detected magnetic resonance
EDS: energy-dispersive spectroscopy