| AD | Analog-digital |
| Al | Aluminum; |
| Atg12 | Conserved autophagy-related gene 12 |
| EB | Electron beam |
| FITC | Fluorescein isothiocyanate |
| GF | Gaussian filter |
| LC3 | Microtubule-associated proteins 1A/1B light chain 3 |
| LPF | Low-pass filtered |
| OM | Optical microscope |
| REF | Rat embryonic fibroblasts |
| SE-ADM | Scanning electron-assisted dielectric microscopy |
| SEM | Scanning electron microscopy |
| SiN | Silicon nitride |
| W | Tungsten |