AFM	Atomic Force Microscopy
ATR	Attenuated Total Reflectance
BDD	Boron-Doped Diamond
BDND	Boron-Doped Nanocrystalline Diamond
B/C	Boron-to-Carbon ratio
CVD	Chemical Vapor Deposition
FTIR	Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy
HFCVD	Hot Filament Chemical Vapor Deposition
IDF	International Diabetes Federation
LIBAD	Low Incident Beam Angle Diffraction
MCD	Microcrystalline Diamond
NCD	Nanocrystalline Diamond
Rms	Root Mean Square roughness
Sa	Arithmetic mean surface roughness
sccm	Standard Cubic Centimeters per Minute
SEM	Scanning Electron Microscopy
S/N	Signal-to-Noise ratio
Ts	Substrate temperature
XPS	X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy
XRD	X-ray Diffraction