| BEs | Binding Energies |
| DEF | Dose Enhancing Factor |
| DSBs | Doble Strand Breaks |
| EDTA | Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid |
| EPR | Enhanced Permeability and Retention effect |
| FWHM | Full Width at Half Maximum |
| FTIR | Fourier Transform InfraRed |
| FLIM | Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging Microscopy |
| ICP-MS | Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry |
| LMCT | Ligand-to-Metal Charge Transfer |
| LQM | Linear Quadratic Model |
| mAF | Molecular Amplification Factors |
| MEF | Metal Enhanced Fluorescence |
| NREs | Nano-Radio-Enhancers |
| PBS | Phosphate Buffer Saline |
| PEG | Poly (ethylene glycol) |
| PEG-diamine | Poly (ethylene glycol) diamine |
| Pt NPs | Platinum Nanoparticles |
| RBITC | Rhodamine Isothiocyanate |
| SER | Sensitizing Enhancement Ratio |
| SSBs | Single Strand Breaks |
| SF | Surviving Fraction |
| XPS | X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy |