AA	Amino acid
ANS	8-Anilinonaphthalene-1-sulfonate
BSA	Bovine serum albumin
CD	Circular dichroism
Ce6	Chlorin e6
CELG	Chloroethyl-l-glutamate
CMSC	Carboxymethyl chitosan
DFS	Diclofenac Na
DOE	Design of experiments
Dox	Doxarubicin
DPPE	1,2-Dipalmitoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphoethanolamine
DTX	Docetaxel
FITC	Fluourescein isothiocyanate
5FU	5-Fluorouracil
FRET	Forster resonance energy transfer
HA	Hyaluronic acid
HEMA	2-Hydroxyethyl methacrylate
HES	Hydroxyethyl starch
HPTS	8-Hydroxypyrene-1,3,6-trisulfonic acid
IPN	Interpenetrating polymer network
KLA	Lysine-leucine-alanine
LGA	l-Glutamic acid
MBG	Mesoporous bioactive glass nanoparticles
MPC	Methacryloyloxyethyl phosphoryl-choline
OEI	Oligoethylenimine
NLC	Nanostructured lipid carriers
pAA	Poly(allylamine)
pArg	Polyarginine
pAsp	Polyaspartic acid
PBS	Phosphate buffer solution
PC	Phosphatidylcholine
PE	Phosphatidylethanolamine
PEG	Poly(ethylene glycol)
PEI	Polyethyleneimine
PHEA	Poly(N-2-hydroxyethyl-d,l-aspartamide)
PHLIP	pH low insertion peptide
PICs	Polyionic complexes
PL	Polylysine
PLA	Polylactide
PLGA	Poly(l-glutamic acid)
PLL	Poly(l-lysine)
pLeu	Polyleucine
pNIPAm	Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide)
pHis	Poly(l-histidine)
PPO	Poly(propylene oxide)
pPro	Poly(l-proline)
PSI	Polysuccinimide
PTD	Protein transduction domains
pTyr	Polytyrosine
RGD	Arginine-glycine-aspartic peptide
ROP	Ring opening polymerization
SPION	Superparamagnetic iron oxide
SPL	Succinylated ε-polylysine
SVAs	Supramolecular vesicular aggregates
SWNT	Single walled carbon nanotube
TAPP	5,10,15,20-Tetrakis-(4-aminophenyl)-21H, 23H porphyrin