EDC	1-(3-Dimethylaminopropyl)-3-ethyl carbodiimide hydrochloride
NH3	ammonium solution
CT	chitosan
CTFitc	chitosan labeled with fluorescein isothiocyanate
Ct-NEs	chitosan-coated nanoemulsions
Cur	curcumin
DI	deionized water
DMSO	dimethyl sulfoxide
DLS	dynamic light scattering
EMEM	Eagle’s minimal essential medium
EDX	energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy
EPR	enhanced permeability and retention
EDTA	ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid
FESEM	field emission scanning electron microscopy
FBS	fetal bovine serum
FITC	fluorescein isothiocyanate
FTIR	Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy
GO	graphene oxide
GOHummer	graphene oxide obtained with Hummer’s method
GOQDs	graphene oxide quantum dots
GOQDs-HA-Ct-NE	graphene oxide quantum dots coated with hyaluronic acid deposited on Ct-NE
GOQDs-HARhod-Ct-NE	graphene oxide quantum dots coated with hyaluronic acid labeled with Rhodamine B deposited on Ct-NE
GOQDs-HA	graphene oxide quantum dots functionalized with hyaluronic acid
GOQDs-HARhod	graphene oxide quantum dots functionalized with hyaluronic acid labeled with Rhodamine B
HCl	hydrogen chloride
H2O2	hydrogen peroxide
HA	hyaluronic acid
HA-CT-NE	hyaluronic acid chitosan-coated nanoemulsions
HA-CTFitc-NE	hyaluronic acid chitosan labeled with fluorescein isothiocyanate-coated nanoemulsions
MCF-7	mammary adenocarcinoma cells
MEM	minimum essential medium
nGO	nano-graphene oxide
NTA	nanoparticle tracking analysis
NIR	near-infrared region
NHS	N-hydroxysuccinimide
NMR	nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy
O/W NE	oil-in-water nanoemulsion
PBS	phosphate-buffered saline
PC	phosphatidylcholine
PE	phosphatidyl ethanolamine
PDI	polydispersity index
KMnO4	potassium permanganate
Rhod	Rhodamine B
SEM	scanning electron microscopy
NaNO3	sodium nitrate
H2SO4	sulfuric acid
TEM	transmission electron microscopy
UV/Vis	ultraviolet-visible
XRD	X-ray diffraction
XPS	X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy