| 1H NMR | proton nuclear magnetic resonance |
| 13C NMR | carbon 13 nuclear magnetic resonance |
| 29Si NMR | siloxane 29 nuclear magnetic resonance |
| AFM | atomic force microscopy |
| AIBN | Azobisisobutyronitrile |
| ATR-FTIR | attenuated total reflection Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy |
| BTA | benzene-1,3,5-tricarboxamide |
| CA | dynamic contact angle measurements |
| CAM | contact angle measurement |
| CAT | contact adhesion testing |
| CV | cyclic voltamperometry |
| DFLS | dynamic light scattering |
| DFT | density functional theory |
| DMA | dynamic mechanical analysis |
| DSC | differential scanning calorimetry |
| DTG | differential thermal gravimetry |
| EA | elementary analysis |
| EDX | energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy |
| EI MS | electrospray ionization mass spectroscopy |
| EIS | electrochemical impedance spectroscopy |
| FS | fluorescence spectroscopy |
| GPC | gel permeation chromatography |
| HRMS | high-resolution mass spectra |
| IR | infrared spectroscopy |
| IR RAS | infrared reflection-absorption spectroscopy |
| ITO | indium-tin oxide |
| MHS | methylhydrosiloxane |
| MW | molecular weight |
| PDI | polydispersity index |
| PDMS | poly(dimethylsiloxane) |
| PDMS-co-MHS | poly(dimethylsiloxane-co-methylhydrosiloxane) |
| PL | photoluminescence spectroscopy |
| POM | polarized optical microscopy |
| POSS | polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxanes |
| PTFE | poly(tetrafluoroethylene) |
| PVAc | poly(vinyl acetate) |
| PXRD | powder X-ray Diffraction |
| RAFT | reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer |
| RM | raman spectroscopy |
| SAXS | small angle X-ray scattering |
| SEC | size exclusion chromatography |
| SEM | scanning electron microscopy |
| TG | thermal gravimetry |
| UV-Vis | ultraviolet–visible spectroscopy |
| VT-IR | variable temperature infrared spectroscopy |
| XPS | X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy |
| XRD | X-ray Diffraction |