APTES	3-aminopropyltrietoxysilane
CFU	Colony forming unit
Ch	Chitosan
CSH	High molecular weight Chitosan
CSL	Low molecular weight Chitosan
CV	Crystal violet
DEAE	2-diethylaminoethyl chloride
EOFM	Electroosmotic flow mapping
FE-SEM	Field Emission-Scanning Electron Microscopy
FPA	Focal plane array
HACC	N-2-hydroxypropyltrimethylammonium Chitosan
HDMI	Hexamethylene diidocyanate
MBCs	Minimal Bactericidal concentrations
MHB	Mueller Hinton broth
MICs	Minimal Inhibitory concentrations
6-MNA	6-mercaptonicotinamide 6-MNA
MW	Molecular weight
PIA	Polysaccharide intercellular adhesin
PS	Physiological solution
QAH	High molecular weight quaternized chitosan
QAH-CD	High molecular weight quaternized chitosan grafted with methyl-β-cyclodextrin
QAH-Pro	High molecular weight quaternized chitosan with pendant protected thiols
QAL	Low molecular weight quaternized chitosan
QAL-CD	Low molecular weight quaternized chitosan grafted with methyl-β-cyclodextrin
QAL-Pro	Low molecular weight quaternized chitosan with pendant protected thiols
SEC	Size exclusion cromatography
SEM	Scanning electron microscopy
TEA	triethylamine
Ti	Untreated titanium
Ti-OX	Titanium subjected to etching
Ti-QAH	Titanium surface grafted with QAH
Ti-QAHcyan	Titanium surface grafted with QAH by using hexamethylene diisocyanate as crosslinker
Ti-QAH-Pro	Titanium surface grafted with QAH-Pro
Ti-QAH-Pro_ML	Titanium surface grafted with QAH-Pro by multi-layer grafting approach
Ti-QAL	Titanium surface grafted with QAL
Ti-QALcyan	Titanium surface grafted with QAL by using hexamethylene diisocyanate as crosslinker
TSA	Tryptone Soy agar
TSB	Tryptone Soy broth