| Nomenclature | Abbreviation |
| Acetic acid | AcOH |
| Acid blue 113 | AB-113 |
| Acid blue 117 | AB-117 |
| Acid blue 41 | AB-41 |
| Acid red 252 | AR-252 |
| Alternating current | AC |
| Amaranth | AM |
| Amidoximated polyacrilonitrile | APAN |
| Amidoxime-modified polyacrylonitrile | AOPAN |
| Azobisisobutyronitrile | AIBN |
| Basic blue 41 | BB-41 |
| Basic fuschin | BF |
| Basic violet 14 | BV-14 |
| Benzoxazine | P(BA-a) |
| Beta-cyclodextrin | β-CD |
| Brilliant blue | Bb |
| Calcium alginate | Ca-Alg |
| Carboxymethyl-b-cyclodextrin | CM-β-CD |
| Chitosan | CA |
| Chitosan | CS |
| Chitosan/Poly (vinyl alcohol) | CA/PVA |
| Congo red | CR |
| Crystal violet | CV |
| Deacetylated cellulose acetate | DCA |
| Dichloromethane | DCM |
| Diethylenetriamine | DETA |
| Diethylenetriamine | DETA |
| Dimethyl formamide | DMF |
| Direct current | DC |
| Direct red 23 | DR-23 |
| Direct red 80 | DR-80 |
| Electrospun polymer nanofibers | EPNFs |
| Epichlorohydrin | EPI |
| Ethanol | EtOH |
| Ethylene diamine | EDA |
| Ethylenediaminetetraacetic | EDTA |
| Fast green fcf | FG FCF |
| Flow rate | F. R |
| Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy | FTIR |
| Freundlich model | F |
| Gelatin | Gel |
| Glutaraldehyde | GA |
| Graphene | Gr |
| Graphene oxide | GO |
| Hinokitiol | HT |
| Humic acid | HA |
| Hyperbranched polyethylenimine | HPEI |
| Indigo carmine | IC |
| Intraparticle diffusion | IPD |
| Langmuir model | L |
| Layered double hydroxide | LDH |
| Malachite green | MG |
| Maximum adsorption capacity | Qmax |
| Mercaptopropionic acid | MPA |
| Metal-organic-frameworks | MOFs |
| Methyl orange | MO |
| Methylene blue | MB |
| Methyltrichlorosilane | MTS |
| Molybdenum disulfide | MoS2 |
| Nanoparticles | NPs |
| Nylone 6 | N-6 |
| Oxidized chitosan | OCS |
| Oxidized multiwall carbon nanotubes | MWCNTs-COOH |
| Oxime | OX |
| Poly ((butylene succinate-co-terephthalate)-co-serinolTerephthalate) | PBSST |
| Poly ([2- (methacryloyloxy)-ethyl] trimethyl ammonium chloride) | PMETAC |
| Poly (lactic-co-glycolic acid) | PLGA |
| Poly (l-lactic acid) | PLLA |
| Poly (N-Isopropyl acrylamide-co-Methacrylic acid) | P(NIAPM-co-MAA) |
| Poly (N-Isopropyl acrylamide-co-β-cyclodextrin) | P(NIPAM-co-βCD) |
| Poly (styrene-co-acrylonitrile) | Poly(St-co-AN) |
| Poly (vinyl alcohol) | PVA |
| Poly(2-(dimethylamino)ethyl methacrylate) | PDMAEMA |
| Poly(amidoamine) | PAMAM |
| Poly(arylene ether nitrile)(PEN) | PAEN |
| Poly(butylene succinate-co-terephthalate) | PBST |
| Poly(hexamethylene guanidine) | PHMG |
| Poly(hydroxypropyl-β-cyclodextrin) | P(HPβCD) |
| Poly(methacrylic acid) | PMAA |
| Poly(methyl methacrylate-co-acrylic acid) | P(MMA-co-AA) |
| Poly(propylene imine) | PPI |
| Poly(γ-benzyl-L-glutamate) | PBGL |
| Polyacrylamide | PAM |
| Polyacrylonitrile | PAN |
| Polyamide | PA |
| Polyamide 6 | PA6 |
| Polyaniline | PANI |
| Polycaprolactone | PCL |
| Polydopamine | PDA |
| Polyether sulfone | PES |
| Polyethylene oxide | PEO |
| Polyethylene terephthalate | PET |
| Polyethyleneimine | PEI |
| Polymer of intrinsic microporosity | PIM-1 |
| Polymethyl methacrylate | PMMA |
| Polypyrrole | PPy |
| Polystyrene | PS |
| Polyurethane | PU |
| Polyvinyl acetate | PVAc |
| Polyvinyl chloride | PVC |
| Polyvinyl pyrrolidone | PVP |
| Polyvinylidene fluoride | PVDF |
| Ponceau 4R | P4R |
| Ponceau s | P-s |
| Pseudo first order model | PFO |
| Pseudo second order model | PSO |
| P-toluenesulfonic acid | pTSA |
| Pullulan | Pu |
| Reactive black 5 | RB-5 |
| Reactive blue 180 | RR-180 |
| Reactive red | RR |
| Redlich-Peterson model | R-P |
| Reduced graphene oxide | rGO |
| Rhodamine B | RhB |
| Safranin T | ST |
| Sericin | SS |
| Sodium alginate | Na-Alg |
| Sodium styrene sulfonate | SSNa |
| Sulfonated polysulfone | SPES |
| Sunset yellow fcf | SY FCF |
| Tectomer | TM |
| Tetraethyl orthosilicate | TEOS |
| Thiol-functionalized polyvinyl alcohol | PVA-SH |
| Tip-collector-distance | TCD |
| Titanium dioxide | TiO2 |
| Triethylenetetramine | TETA |
| Volatage | V |
| X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy | XPS |
| Zeolite | Zeo |
| Zeolitic imidazolate frameworks | ZIF |