| CD | carbon dots | CND | carbon nanodots |
| CNT | carbon nanotubes | CP | conductive polymers |
| CQD | carbon quantum dots | CVD | Chemical Vapour Deposition |
| DCM | dichloromethane | DMF | dimethylformamide |
| DSSC | Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells | ES | Electrospinning |
| FLG | few-layers graphene | FT-IR | Fourier-Transform Infrared Spectroscopy |
| G | graphene | GCE | Glassy Carbon Electrode |
| GO | graphene oxide | GPC | Gel Permeation Chromatography |
| GQD | graphene quantum dots | HA | hyaluronic acid |
| hfNSC | human fetal neural stem cells | hNSC | human neural stem cells |
| ITO | indium tin oxide | MALDI | Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption/Ionization |
| MWCNT | multi-walled carbon nanotubes | NIPAM | N-isopropylacrylamide |
| PAA | poly(acrylamide) | PAN | polyacrylonitrile |
| PANI | polyaniline | PDMS | polydimethylsiloxane |
| PEDOT | poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) | PEG | polyethyleneglycol |
| PET | polyethylene terephthalate | pHEMA | poly(2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate) |
| PPy | polypyrrole | PSS | poly(styrenesulfonate) |
| PVA | polyvinyl alcohol | rGO | reduced graphene oxide |
| SEC | Size Exclusion Chromatography | SEM | Scanning Electron Microscopy |
| SPCE | Screen-Printed Carbon Electrode | SWCNT | single-walled carbon nanotubes |
| TCE | transparent conductive electrodes | TEM | Transmission Electron Microscopy |
| TGA | Thermogravimetric Analysis | UV-Vis-NIR | Ultraviolet-Visible-Near-IR Spectroscopy |
| VOC | volatile organic compounds | VPP | vapor phase polymerization |
| XPS | X-Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy | YM | Young’s Modulus |