(%)DL	drug loading (percentage)
(%)EE	entrapment efficiency (percentage)
AI	artificial intelligence
AlCIPc	Aluminium-chloride-phathalocyanine
Amber FF	assisted model building with energy refinement force field
ANN	artificial neural network
API	active pharmaceutical ingredient
CCM	continuous chirality measure
CD	cyclodextrin
CED	cohesive energy density
CGen FF	CHARMM general force field
CHARMM FF	chemistry at Harvard macromolecular mechanics force field
DDS	drug delivery system
DFT	density function theory
EC	ethylcellulose
Emix	mixing energy
FF	force field
FFT	fast fourier transform algorithm
FH	Flory-Huggins theory
GCM	group contribution method
GP	Gaussian process
HB	hydrogen bond
HPMC	hydroxypropylmethyl cellulose
HSPiP	Hansen solubility parameter in practice
KNN	k-nearest neighbor
LDHN	lipid-dendrimer hybrid nanoparticles
LGA	Lamarckian genetic algorithm
LPHN	lipid-polymer hybrid nanoparticles
MD	molecular dynamics
ML	machine learning
MLR	multiple linear regression
MMFF	Merck molecular force field
MOE	molecular operating environment
MS	materials studio
Mwt	molecular weight
NanoMIPs	molecularly imprinted polymeric nanopartices
NIPAAm	N-isopropylacrylamide
OBMD	oligobutylmorpholinediol
ONIOM	our N-layered integrated molecular orbital+molecular mechanics
OPLS FF	optimized potentials for liquid simulations force field
PAA	Polyallylamine
PAMAM	polyamidoamine
PAS	Polyaminostyrene
PCFF	polymer consistent force filed
PCL	polycaprolactone
PDLA	poly-D-lactic acid
PEA	Polyethyleneamine
PEG	polyethylene glycol
PEO	polyethylene oxide
PGA	polyglycolic acid
PLGA	polylactic-co-glycolic acid
PLL	poly-L-lysine
PLLA	poly-L-lactic acid
PM	polymeric micelles
PN	polymeric nanoparticles
PS-PAA	polystyrene-polyacrylic acid
PVA1	polyvinyl alcohol
PVA2	polyvinyl amine
QM/MM	quantum mechanics/molecular mechanics
QSPR	quantitative structure-property relationship
R/R2	correlation/determination coefficients
SF	scoring function
SLN	solid lipid nanoparticles
SP/δ	solubility parameter
SPF	spherical polar fourier algorithm
SPR	surface plasmon resonance
SVR	support vector regression
TPSA	topological polar surface area
UFF	universal force field
XH	Flory-Huggins interaction parameter
xLog P	partition coefficient
Δδ	difference in solubility parameters (drug and carrier)
ΔG	binding energy