Acac	Acetylacetone
ATR	Attenuated total reflection
BTME	1,2-Bis(trimethoxysilyl)ethane
BTMH	bis(trimethoxysilyl)hexane
BzOH	Benzyl alcohol
CTAB	n-hexadecyltrimethylammonium bromide
CTAC	n-hexadecyltrimethylammonium chloride
Decalin	Decahydronaphthalene
DEG	Diethylene glycol
DI	Deionized
DMDMS	Dimethoxydimethylsilane
DMF	N,N-dimethylformamide
DTA	Differential thermal analysis
EDA	Ethylenediamine
EG	Ethylene glycol
EGDMA	Ethylene glycol dimethacrylate
EGMT	(Ethylene glycol)-modified titanate
EO	Ethylene oxide
EtAcAc	Ethyl acetoacetate
FTIR	Fourier Transform Infrared
GMA	Glycidyl methacrylate
GPTMS	(3-glycidyloxypropyl) trimethoxysilane
HDTMS	Hexadecyltrimethoxysilane
HLB	Hydrophilic-lipophilic balance
HPAA	Poly(acrylic acid)
LCST	Lower critical solution temperature
MOFs	Metal–organic frameworks
MTES	Methyltriethoxysilane
MTMS	Methyltrimethoxysilane
NaPSS	Poly(sodium-4-styrene sulfonate)
NMF	N-methylformamide
NMR	Nuclear magnetic resonance
nOTES	octyltriethoxysilane
NPs	nanoparticles
O	oil phase
O/W	oil-in-water
OP-10	alkylphenol ethoxylate surfactant
P123	triblock copolymer surfactant
PAAm	poly(acrylamide)
PEG	Polyethylene glycol
PEO	Poly(ethylene oxide)
PhTMS	Phenyltrimethoxysilane
PMSQ	Polymethylsilsesquioxane
PO	Propilene Oxide
PPG	Polypropylene glycol
PS	Polystyrene
PVP	Poly(vinylpyrrolidone)
RE	Rare earth
RF	Resorcinol–formaldehyde
RT	Room temperature
SAXS	Small-angle x-ray scattering
SDS	Sodium dodecyl sulfate
TBOT	Titanium tetrabutoxide
TEA	Triethylamine
TEG	Triethylene glycol
TEOS	Tetraethyl orthosilicate
tg	gelation time
TG	Thermogravimetry
TiPOT	Titanium isopropoxide
TMB	Trimethyl benzene
TMOS	Tetramethoxysilane
TOA	Trioctylamine
TPZR	zirconium tetra-2-propoxide
UCST	Upper critical solution temperature
VTMS	Vinyltrimethoxysilane
W	water phase
W/O	water-in-oil
XRD	X-ray diffraction
YAG	Yttrium aluminum garnet
YZA	yttria-stabilized zirconia