| A. baumannii | Acinetobacter baumannii |
| A. flavus | Aspergillus flavus |
| ADSCs | Adipose tissue-derived stem cells |
| Ag-NPs | Silver nanoparticles |
| APS | Ammonium persulfate |
| ATRP | Atom transfer radical polymerization |
| B. subtilis | Bacillus subtilis |
| BTM | Benzotriazole maleimide |
| C. albicans | Candida albicans |
| CMC | Carboxymethyl cellulose |
| CMCh | Carboxymethyl chitosan |
| Cu-NPs | Copper nanoparticles |
| CuO-NPs | Copper oxide nanoparticles |
| DADMAC | Diallyldimethylammonium chloride |
| DAM | Dopamine methacrylamide |
| E. coli | Escherichia coli |
| E. faecalis | Enterococcus faecalis |
| EDTA | Ethylene diamine tetraacetic acid |
| GA | Gum acacia |
| HDF | Human dermal fibroblast |
| K. pneumonia | Klebsiella pneumoniae |
| L. monocytogenes | Listeria monocytogenes |
| LDH | Layered double hydroxide |
| MBA | N,N′-methylene-bis-acrylamide |
| MgO-NPs | Magnesium oxide nanoparticles |
| MRSA | Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus |
| N. gonorrhoeae | Neisseria gonorrhoeae |
| P. aeruginosa | Pseudomonas aeruginosa |
| PEG | Poly(ethylene glycol) |
| PEGMA | Poly(ethylene glycol) methyl ether methacrylate |
| PEIs | Poly(ethyleneimine)s |
| PMAPA | Poly (methyl methacrylate-co-acryloyl phenylalanine) |
| PNIPAAm | Poly(N-isopropyl acrylamide) |
| PVA | Poly vinyl alcohol |
| RAFT | Reversible addition fragmentation chain-transfer polymerization |
| ROP | Ring-opening polymerization |
| ROS | Reactive oxygen species |
| S. aureus | Staphylococcus aureus |
| S. epidermidis | Staphylococcus epidermidis |
| S. pyogenes | Streptococcus pyogenes |
| S.D. rats | Sprague-Dawley rats |
| SBE | Sulfobetaine |
| TEMED | N,N,N′,N′-tetramethylethylenediamine |
| TiO2-NPs | Titanium dioxide nanoparticles |
| TTO | Tea tree oil |
| XG | Xanthan gum |
| ZnO-NPs | Zinc oxide nanoparticles |