| Name | Abbreviation |
| Atomic force microscopy | AFM |
| Attuned total reflectance–Fourier transmission infrared | ATR-FTIR |
| Brunauer–Emmett–Teller | BET |
| Differential scanning calorimetry | DSC |
| Diethyl triamine | DETA |
| End-stage renal disease | ESRD |
| Equilibrium water content | EWC |
| Interleukin | IL |
| Molecular dynamics | MD |
| Phosphobetaine | PB |
| Polyethersulfone | PES |
| Polysulfone | PSF |
| Polyvinyl pyrrolidone | PVP |
| Polyvinylidene fluoride | PVDF |
| Polyethylene-co-vinyl alcohol | EVOL |
| Polylactic acid | PLA |
| Polyvinyl chloride | PVC |
| Picograms per milliliter | pg/mL |
| Root mean square | RMS |
| Sodium polystyrene sulfonate | PSSNa |
| Sulfobetaine | SB |
| Surface area | SA |
| Tumor necrosis factor | TNF |
| Von Willebrand factor | vWF |
| X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy | XPS |
| Zwitterionic | ZW |