4VP	4-Vinylpyridine
AFM	Atomic Force Microscopy
ATR-FTIR	Attenuated Total Reflectance Fourier Transform Infrared
AMP	Antimicrobial Peptide
AMM	Antimicrobial Macromolecule
ASTM	American Society for Testing and Materials
ATRP	Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization
C0	Intrinsic Curvature
CD	Circular Dichroism
CFU	Colony Forming Units
CH	Cholesterol
CL	Cardiolipin
DABCO	1,4-Diazabicyclo-[2.2.2]-octane
DFT	Density Functional Theory
DHPC	1,2-Diheptanoyl-sn-Glycero-3-Phosphocholine
DLS	Dynamic Light Scattering
DMPC	1,2-Dimyristoyl-sn-Glycero-3-Phosphocholine
DOPC	1,2-Dioleoyl-sn-Glycero-3-Phosphocholine
DOPE	1,2-Dioleoyl-sn-Glycero-3-Phosphocholine Ethanolamine
DOPG	1,2-Dioleoyl-sn-Glycero-3-[Phospho-rac-(1-glycerol)]
DPhPC	Diphytanoyl Phosphatidylcholine
DPPC	1,2-Dipalmitoyl-sn-Glycero-3-Phosphocholine
DPPG	1,2-Dipalmitoyl-sn-Glycero-3-[Phospho-rac-(1-glycerol)]
d-DPPG	Deuterated-1,2-Dipalmitoyl-sn-Glycero-3-[Phospho-rac-(1-glycerol)]
DSC	Differential Scanning Calorimetry
EPR	Electron Paramagnetic Resonance
FA	Facially Amphiphilic
GIXD	Grazing Incidence X-ray Diffraction
GS	Gramicidin S
GUV	Giant Unilamellar Vesicles
HII	Inverse Hexagonal
HC	Hemolytic Concentration
HDP	Host-Defense Peptide
HDPE	High-Density Polyethylene
IDSA	Infectious Diseases Society of America
ITC	Isothermal Titration Calorimetry
LC	Liquid Crystalline
LCST	Lower Critical Solution Temperature
Lβ	Lamellar Gel Phase
Lα	Lamellar Crystalline Phase
LDPE	Low-Density Polyethylene
LLDPE	Linear Low-Density Polyethylene
Log KOW	Log of octanol/water partition coefficient
LPS	Lipopolysaccharide
LUV	Large Unilamellar Vesicles
MBC	Minimum Bactericidal Concentration
MC	Monte Carlo
MD	Molecular Dynamics
MIC	Minimum Inhibitory Concentration
MW	Molecular Weight
N-alkyl PEI	N-alkylated polyethylenimine
NIPAAm	N-isopropylacrylamide
NMR	Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
OCD	Oriented Circular Dichroism
PC	Phosphatidyl Choline
PE	Phosphatidyl Ethanolamine
PEB	Poly(ethylene-co-butylene)
PEI	Polyethylenimines
PEOMA	Poly(ethyleneoxide) methacrylate
PET	Polyethylene terephthalate
PG	Phosphatidyl Glycerol
PG-1	Protegrin-1
PHMB	Polyhexamethylene biguanide
PS	Phosphatidyl Serine
P/L	Peptide to Lipid Ratio
P/L*	Threshold Peptide to Lipid Ratio
PLPC	1-Palmitoyl-2-Linoleoyl-sn-Glycero-3-Phosphocholine
POPC	1-Palmitoyl-2-Oleoyl-sn-Glycero-3-Phosphocholine
POPE	1-Palmitoyl-2-Oleoyl-sn-Glycero-3-Phosphoethanolamine
POPG	1-Palmitoyl-2-Oleoyl-sn-Glycero-3-[Phospho-rac-(1-glycerol)]
PP	Polypropylene
PU	Polyurethane
PVC	Polyvinychloride
PVP	Poly(4-vinylpyridine)
RBC	Red Blood Cells
SFG	Sum Frequency Generation
SM	Sphingomyelin
SAXS	Small Angle X-ray Scattering
SEM	Scanning electron microscopy
SOPC	1-Stearoyl-2-Oleoyl-sn-Glycero-3-Phosphocholine
SUV	Small Unilamellar Ve sicles
XR	X-ray Reflectivity
TBAEMA	2-(tert-butylamino)ethyl methacrylate
TBAM	(2-tert-butylaminoethyl)methacrylate
TEM	Transmission Electron Microscopy
TPMP	Thrombin-induced Platelet Microbiocidal Protein
Trp	Tryptophan
TSD	Temperature Scanning Densitometry
TTC	Triphenyl-Tetrazolium Chloride
Tpre	Pre Transition Temperature
Tm	Gel/liquid-crystalline phase transition temperature