| NS | Neutron scattering |
| MD | Molecular dynamics |
| NSE | Neutron spin echo |
| PA | Polarization analysis |
| PE | Polyethylene |
| AMBER | Assisted Model Building with Energy Refinement |
| COMPASS | Condensed-phase Optimized Molecular Potentials for Atomistic Simulation Studies |
| CHARMM | Chemistry at Harvard Macromolecular Mechanics |
| GROMOS | Groningen Molecular Simulation |
| OPLS | Optimized Potentials for Liquid Simulations |
| NAMD | Nanoscale Molecular Dynamics |
| GAFF | Generalized AMBER Force Field |
| GROMACS | Groningen Machine for Chemical Simulations |
| LAMMPS | Large-scale Atomic/Molecular Massively Parallel Simulator |
| OCTA | Open Computational Tool for Advanced material technology |
| PMMA | Poly(methyl metacrylate) |
| MC | Main chain |
| MG | Methyl group |
| SG | Side group |
| PI | Polyisoprene |
| PS | Polystyrene |
| PB | 1,4-Polybutadiene |
| PIB | Polyisobutylene |
| RRDM | Rotational rate distribution model |
| PVAc | Poly(vinyl acetate) |
| PPO | poly(propylene oxide) |
| KWW | Kohlrausch-Williams-Watts |
| PId3 | Polyisoprene with deuterated methyl groups |
| PVE | Poly(vinyl ethylene) |
| PVME | poly(vinyl methyl ether) |
| PEMA | Poly(ethyl methacrylate) |
| PTHF | Poly(tetrahydrofurane) |
| a-PP | atactic Polypropylene |
| PU | Polyurethene |
| PVC | Poly(vinyl chloride) |
| PEP | Poly(ethylene propylene) |
| MCT | Mode Coupling Theory |
| PPG | Poly(propylene glycol) |
| ARS | All rotational state model |
| PEO | Poly(ethylene oxide) |
| msd | mean squared displacement |
| PnMAs | Poly(n-alkyl methacrylates) |
| PAOs | Poly(alkylene oxides) |
| PVP | Poly(vinylpyrrolidone) |
| ILS | Intermediate length scales |
| NMR | Nuclear magnetic resonance |
| SANS | Small angle neutron scattering |
| SCNPs | Single-chain nano-particles |