ACQ	Aggregation-caused quenching
AFP	Amplifying fluorescent polymers
AIE	Aggregation-induced emission
CD	Carbon dots
CP	Conjugated polymer
DNP	Dinitrophenol
DNT	Dinitrotoluene
FRET	Förster resonance energy transfer
KSV	Stern–Volmer constant
LOD	Limits of detection
MIP	Molecularly imprinted polymer
NACs	Nitroaromatic compounds (nitroaromatics)
NB	Nitrobenzene
NT	Nitrotoluene
PA (or TNP)	Picric acid (or trinitrophenol)
PAH	Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon
PET	Photoinduced electron transfer
PETN	Pentaerythritol tetranitrate
RDX	Research Department eXplosive (hexagen)
RET	Resonance energy transfer
SBET	Surface of a porous solid material calculated according to Brunauer–Emmett–Teller theory
TNT	Trinitrotoluene
TPE	Tetraphenylethene