AA	Acrylic acid
ADV	Non-enveloped adenovirus
AEMPs	Primary ammonium ethyl methacrylate homopolymers
AgNPs	Silver nanoparticles
AIBA	2,20-azobis(2-methylpropionamidine)dihydrochloride
AM	Acrylamide
AMPs	Antimicrobial peptides
APMA	Methacrylamide hydrochloride
ATC	2-(acryloyloxy)ethyltrimethylammonium chloride
bla	β-lactamase
BSI	Bloodstream infection
CFU	Colony forming units
CTA	Macro chain transfer agent
DADMAC	Diallyl dimethyl ammonium chloride
DS	Degree of substitution
EPO	Eudragit EPO
ESBL	Spectrum β-Lactamase
FRP	Free radical polymerization
GPMA	3-guanadinopropyl methacrylamide
HEMA	2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate
LB	Lysogeny broth
LbL	Layer-by-layer
LMW	Low molecular weight
LPS	Lipopolysaccharide
LVF	Levofloxacin
MBC	Minimum bactericidal concentration
MDR	Multidrug-resistant
MFC	Minimal fungicidal concentration
MIC	Minimum inhibitory concentration assay
MRSA	Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
MSN	Mesoporous silica nanoparticles
NPCu	Polymer/Cu nanoparticles
OD	Optical density
OPF/SMA	Oligo(poly(ethylene glycol)fumarate) and sodium methacrylate
PCL	Poly(ε-caprolactone)
PDMAEMA	Poly(2-dimethylamino)ethyl methacrylate
PDMS	Poly(dimethylsoloxane)
PE	Polyethylene
PEG	Poly(ethylene glycol)
PFPQ	Polyfluorene derivative
PGA	Penicillin G amidase
PHEMA	Poly(2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate)
PHMB	Polyhexamethylene biguanide
PP	Polypropylene
PS	Photosensitizer
PTPB	(4-penten-1-yl) triphenylphosphonium bromide
PU	Polyurethane
PVAms	Poly(vinyl amines)
PVP	Poly(vinyl pyrrolidone)
QAS	Quaternary ammonium salts
QPM	Tributyl(4-vinylbenzyl)phosphonium
QPS	Quaternary phosphonium salts
RAFT	Reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer
RDRP	Reversible deactivation radical polymerization
ROS	Reactive oxygen species
SSNa	Sodium 4-styrene sulfonate
TMC	N,N,N-trimethyl chitosan
VBCHAM	Vinyl benzyl dimethylhexadecylammonium chloride
WHO	World Health Organization