| Vis | visible |
| NIR | near-infrared |
| MIR | mid-infrared |
| SERS | surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy |
| PEF | plasmon-enhanced fluorescence |
| SNR | signal-to-noise ratio |
| SEIRAS | surface-enhanced infrared absorption spectroscopy |
| ATR | attenuated total reflection |
| SPR | surface plasmon resonance |
| MM | multi mode |
| LSPR | localized surface plasmon resonance |
| R6G | Rhodamine 6G |
| CV | crystal violet |
| TM | Transverse Magnetic |
| PCR | principal component regression |
| PLSR | partial least squares regression |
| ANN | artificial neural networks |