| ALT | Alanine Aminotransferase |
| AM | Acrylamide |
| AST | Aspartate Aminotransferase |
| BSA | Bovine Serum Albumin |
| BUN | Blood Urea Nitrogen |
| CARPA | Complement Activation-Related Pseudoallergy |
| CBC | Complete Blood Count |
| CDT | Chemodynamic Therapy |
| CHX | Chlorhexidine |
| cRGD | Cyclic Arginine–Glycine–Aspartic acid |
| CTAB | Cetyltrimethylammonium Bromide |
| DC | Dendritic Cell |
| DNA | Deoxyribonucleic Acid |
| DOX | Doxorubicin |
| EMA | European Medicines Agency |
| EPR | Enhanced Permeability and Retention |
| EPS | Extracellular Polymeric Substances |
| FA | Folic Acid |
| FDA | Food and Drug Administration |
| GA | Gambogic Acid |
| GMP | Good Manufacturing Practice |
| GT | Gene Therapy |
| FHMP | Fluorescent Hexametaphosphate |
| GSH | Glutathione |
| HD | Hydrodynamic Diameter |
| IL-1β | Interleukin-1 beta |
| IL-6 | Interleukin-6 |
| IL-8 | Interleukin-8 |
| IOC | Iron Oxide Cluster |
| LSPR | Localized Surface Plasmon Resonance |
| mAbs | Monoclonal Antibodies |
| MOA | Mechanisms of action |
| MOF | Metal–Organic Frameworks |
| mPEG | Methoxy Polyethene Glycol |
| MRI | Magnetic Resonance Imaging |
| MIC | Minimum Inhibitory Concentration |
| MIP | Molecularly Imprinted Polymer |
| MUA | 11-Mercaptoundecanoic Acid |
| NIPAM | N-isopropylacrylamide |
| NIR | Near-Infrared |
| NR | Nanorods |
| NIR-II | Second Near-Infrared |
| NPs | Nanoparticles |
| NS | Nanosphere |
| NF-κB | Nuclear Factor-kappa B |
| PANI | Polyaniline |
| PBS | Phosphate-Buffered Saline |
| PCE | Photothermal Conversion Efficiency |
| PDA | Polydopamine |
| PDA-HA | Polydopamine–Hyaluronic Acid |
| PDT | Photodynamic Therapy |
| PEF | Plasmon-Enhanced Fluorescence |
| PEG | Polyethylene Glycol |
| PEI | Polyethyleneimine |
| PIRET | Plasmon-Induced Resonance Energy Transfer |
| PLA | Polylactic Acid |
| PLAL | Pulse Laser Ablation in Liquid |
| PLGA | Poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid) |
| POD | Peroxidase |
| PTT | Photothermal Therapy |
| PVP | Polyvinylpyrrolidone |
| RB | Rose Bengal |
| rBSA | Reduced Albumin from Bovine Serum |
| RCS | Reactive Chlorine Species |
| RES | Reticuloendothelial System |
| rhTNF | Recombinant Human Tumor Necrosis Factor |
| ROS | Reactive Oxygen Species |
| SERS | Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering |
| SPION | Superparamagnetic Iron Oxide Nanoparticle |
| SPR | Surface Plasmon Resonance |
| TEOS | Tetraethyl Orthosilicate |
| TNF-α | Tumor Necrosis Factor |
| UCNP | Upconverting Nanoparticles |
| ZrTCPP | Zirconium Tetrakis(4-carboxyphenyl)porphyrin |