| A2AR | Adenosine A2A receptor |
| APEC | A2A-AR agonist |
| ACF | Autocorrelation function |
| CW | Continue wave |
| CCD | Charge-coupled device |
| CEM-A cells | Acute lymphoblastic leukemia, All cells |
| CT | Cut tail |
| CL | Cylindrical lens |
| Env | Envelope glycoprotein |
| FCS | Fluorescence correlation spectroscopy |
| F-actin | Filamentous actin |
| FWHM | Full-width-half-maximum |
| GPCRs | G-protein receptors |
| GFP | Green fluorescent protein |
| HOS | Hos osteoblast- like cells |
| HA | hydroxyapatite |
| His-tag | histidine residues tag |
| IC50 | Half maximal inhibitory concentration |
| KD | Dissociation constant |
| lgG | Immunoglobulin G |
| LAP | Linear assignment problem |
| LSM | Light sheet microscope |
| NA | Numerical aperture |
| OEG | oligo ethylene glycol |
| PtK2 | Potorous tridactylus kidney epithelial cells |
| PBW | Proton Beam Writing |
| PCL | Poly-ε-caprolactone (PCL) materials |
| PBS | Phosphate-buffered saline |
| PP | Polyproline |
| PSF | Point spread function |
| ROI | Region of Interest |
| STED | Stimulated emission depletion microscopy |
| SEM | Scanning electron microscope |
| Sf9 | Spodoptera frugiperda |
| SMT | Single-molecule tracking |
| S/N | Signal to noise ratio |
| T-Rex | Triplet-state relaxation |
| tris-NTA | tris(hydroxymethyl)aminomethane-nitrilotriacetic acid |
| WGA | Wheat germ agglutinin |
| WT | Wild type |
| An− | Anion |
| λabs | Absorption wavelength |
| εmax | Molar extinction coefficient at maximum absorption wavelength |
| λfl | Fluorescence peak wavelength |
| Φ | Fluorescence quantum yield |
| τ | Fluorescence lifetime |
| S0 | Ground state |
| S1 | First excited singlet state |
| T1 | First triplet state |
| Kisc | Intersystem crossing rate |
| Krad | Radiative decay rate |
| Kexc | Excitation rate |
| Kic | Internal conversion rate constant |
| Ktun | Radiative decay rate constant |
| Kt | Total decay rate constant |
| Ks | Radiative decay rate Constant |
| Kex | Non-radiative decay rate Constant |
| Neff | Average number of targets in ROI |
| Τdiff | Diffusion time of targets in ROI |
| D | Dark state |
| Gαβγ | G protein heterotrimer α, β and γ |
| Δr | Full-width-half-maximum |
| βrev | Reversal efficiency |