AEA

Alkaline Earth Aluminates

AMLCD

Active Matrix Liquid Crystal Display

AMTFT

Active Matrix Thin Film Transistor

BAPO

Bisacylphosphine Oxides

CCA

Charge Control Agents

CCD

Charge-coupled Device

CGL

Charge Generation Layer

CGM

Charge Generation Materials

CI

Colour Index

CIE

Commission Internationale de l Eclarage

CPMA

Color Pigments Manufacturing Association

CRT

Cathode Ray Tubes

CTL

Charge Transport Layer

CTM

Charge Transport Materials

CVL

Crystal Violet Lactone

CW

Continuous Wave

CMYK

Cyan, Magenta, Yellow and Black

DAST

4,4 ?-Diaminostilbene-2,2 ?-disulfonic acid

DOD

Drop-on-demand

DSSC

Dye Sensitised Solar Cell

DVD

Digital Versatile Disks

EET

Electronic Energy Transfer

EL

Electroluminescence

EML

Light Emitting Layer

ETL

Electron Transport Layer

FBA

Fluorescent Brightening Agent

FD&C

Food, Drugs & Cosmetic

FET

Field Effect Transistors

GFP

Green Fluorescent Protein

GH

Guest-Host

HE

Holographic Element

HTL

Hole Transport Layer

HTS

High Throughput Screening

ICT

Internal Charge Transfer

IJ

Ink Jet

IOD

Initial Optical Density

IODF ₁₀

Initial Optical Density 10 s after removing UV source

ITO

Indium Tin Oxide

LC

Liquid Crystal

LED

Light Emitting Diode

LEP

Light Emitting Polymers

MAPO

Monoacylphosphine Oxides

MLCT

Metal-to-ligand Charge Transfer

MOVPE

Metal Organic Vapour Phase Epitaxy

NLO

Non-linear Optical

OD

Optical Density

ODS

Optical Data Storage

OEL

Organic Electroluminescent

OLED

Organic Light Emitting Diode

PAN

Polyacrylonitrile

PDLC

Polymer-dispersed Liquid Crystal

PDT

Photodynamic Therapy

PEL

Powder Electroluminescence

PET

Photoinduced Electron Transfer

PLED

Polymer Light Emitting Diode

PMMA

Poly(methyl methacrylate)

PPP

Poly( p-phenylene)

PPV

Poly(phenylene vinylene)

PS

Photosynthesis

PVA

Polyvinyl Alcohol

PVK

Polyvinylcarbazole

RGB

Red, Green, Blue

SOHO

Small Office Home Office

STN