Ad	adamantane
AdCANa	sodium adamantanecarboxylate
AAm	acrylamide
AAZ	carboxybetaine acrylate
Alg	alginate
ASAP	sodium polyacrylate
CB[n]	cucurbit[n]uril, n = number of glycouril units
CBMAA-3	(3-methacryloylaminopropyl)-(2-carboxyethyl)dimethylammonium-(carboxybetaine methacrylamide)
CD	cyclodextrin
Chol	cholesterol
CNS	clay nanosheets
DMAEMA	2-(dimethylamino)ethyl methacrylate
DMAPS	3-dimethyl(methacryloyloxyethyl) ammonium propane sulfonate
CTAB	cetyl trimethyl ammonium bromide
DMA	N,N′-dimethylacrylamide
DODAB	dimethyldioctadecylammonium bromide
EE	enteric elastomer
EPC	endothelial progenitor cell
Fc	ferrocene
G′	storage modulus
G″	loss modulus
GO	graphene oxide
HA	hyaluronic acid
HEC	hydroxyethyl cellulose
HEMA	2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate
MEO2MA	2-(2-methoxyethoxy)ethyl methacrylate
MSC	mesenchymal stem cell
MV	methylviologen
NFC	nanofibrillar cellulose
NIPAAm	N-isopropylacrylamide
Np	naphthyl
PA6ACA	poly(6-acryloyl-6-aminocaproic acid)
PAAc	poly(acrylic acid)
PEG	poly(ethylene glycol)
PLGA	poly(L-glutamic acid)
PPG	poly(propylene glycol)
PVA	poly(vinyl alcohol)
RGD	arginine-glycine-aspartic acid
SCMHBMA	2-(3-(6-methyl-4-oxo-1,4-dihydropyrimidin-2-yl)ureido)ethyl methacrylate
SDS	sodium dodecyl sulfate
SEM	scanning electron microscopy
STMV	methyl viologen-functionalized cationic polystyrene
UPy	2-ureido-4[1H]pyrimidinone