$∆H$	Enthalpy change of melting of ice of bulk water
$∆H_m$	Enthalpy change of melting of ice
$∆H_{cc}$	Enthalpy change of the cold-crystallization of ice
%Free	Weight percentage of free water
%Int	Weight percentage of intermediate water
%NF	Weight percentage of non-freezable water
$A_{\mathrm{c}}$	Calculated area of peak of NRM signal
$A_{\mathrm{m}}$	Measured area of peak of NRM signal
$A_{\mathrm{w}}$	Area of peak of NRM signal of pure water
ATR	Attenuated total reflection
Cp	Specific heat capacity
DSC	Differential scanning calorimetry
DTB	Desaminotyrosyl-tyrosine butyl ester
DTBn	Desaminotyrosyl-tyrosine benzyl ester
DTE	Desaminotyrosyl-tyrosine ethyl ester
DTH	Desaminotyrosyl-tyrosine hexyl ester
DTiP	Desaminotyrosyl-tyrosine isopropyl ester
DTM	Desaminotyrosyl-tyrosine methyl ester
DTO	Desaminotyrosyl-tyrosine octyl ester
DTsb	Desaminotyrosyl-tyrosine sec-butyl ester
$EWC$	Equilibrium water content
Fg	Fibrinogen
FT-IR	Fourier transform infrared
GA	Glycolic acid
HTE	4-hydroxyphenylacetic acid-tyrosine ethyl ester
HTH	4-hydroxyphenylacetic acid-tyrosine hexyl ester
IR	Infrared
LA	Lactic acid
$M_p$	Molecular weight per polymer repeating unit
MTDSC	Modulated differential scanning calorimetry
Mν	Viscosity-average molecular weight
$M_{water}$	Molecular weight of water
Mw	Molecular weight
NMR	Nuclear magnetic resonance
NVP	N-vinyl-2-pyrrolidone
$N_w$	Number of water molecules per polymer repeating unit
$N_{wf}$	Number of free water molecules per polymer repeating unit
$N_{wnf}$	Number of non-freezable water molecules per polymer repeating unit
PAN	Poly(acrylonitrile)
PANcNVP	Poly(acrylonitrile)-co-N-2-vinyl-pyrrolidone
PBA	Poly(n-butyl acrylate)
PCL	Poly(ε-caprolactone)
PDO	Poly(dioxanone)
PEA	Poly(ethyl acrylate)
$Pea{k}_{\mathrm{H}}$	Height of peak in NMR signal
$Pea{k}_{\mathrm{W}}$	Width of the peak in NMR signal
PEG	Poly(ethylene glycol)
PEHA	Poly(2-ethylhexyl acrylate)
PHEMA	Poly(2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate)
PLGA	Poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid)
PMEA	Poly(2-methoxyethyl acrylate)
PMMA	Poly(methyl methacrylate)
PPEA	Poly(2-phenoxyethyl acrylate)
PRT	Plasma recalcification time
PTMC	Poly(trimethylene carbonate)
PVA	Poly(vinyl alcohol)
PVL	Poly(δ-valerolactone)
$Q_{cc}$	Heat associated to cold-crystallization process
$Q_m$	Heat associated to melting process
SEM	Scanning electron microscope
$T_{\mathrm{g}}$	Glass transition temperature
TGA	Thermogravimetric analysis
$WU$	Water content
$w_{dry}$	Weight of dry sample
$W_f$	Mass of free water
$w_{freezable}$	Weight percentage of freezable water
$W_{int}$	Mass of intermediate water
$W_{nf}$	Mass of non-freezable water
$w_{nonfreezable}$	Weight percentage of non-freezable water
$w_{polymer}$	Weight percentage of polymer
$W{R}_{freezable}$	Weight ratio of freezable water:polymer
$W{R}_{freezable}$	Weight ratio of non-freezable water:polymer
$WU$	Water uptake
$w_{water}$	Weight of sorbed water
$w_{wet}$	Weight of wet sample
XRD-DSC	X-ray diffraction with DSC