ATR-FTIR	attenuated total reflectance Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy
BSM	bone substitution material
BZM	bortezomib
CA	caffeic acid
DLS	dynamic light scattering
Ge	germanium
IR	infrared
LCST	lower critical solution temperature
MM	multiple myeloma
NMR	nuclear magnetic resonance
PCA	poly(caffeic acid)
PCD	particle charge detector
PEC NP	polyelectrolyte complex nanoparticle
PEL	polyelectrolyte
P(NIPAM-co-DMAEMA	poly(N-isopropylacrylamide-co-dimethylaminoethyl methacrylate)
RAFT	reversible addition–fragmentation chain-transfer
RT	room temperature
SFM	scanning force microscopy
UV/Vis	ultraviolet–visible spectroscopy
VPTT	volume phase transition temperature