AA	Acrylic acid
AAG	2-acrylamidoglycolic acid
AAm	Acrylamide
AEM	Anion exchange membrane
AFM	Atomic force microscopy
AMPS	2-acrylamido-2-methyl-1-propanesulfonic acid
APP	Atmospheric pressure plasma
BHMBA	N-(3-tert-butyl-2-hydroxy-5-methylbenzyl) acrylamide
BP	Benzophenone
BSA	Bovine serum albumin
CEM	Cation exchange membrane
CTA	Cellulose triacetate
DMAEA	2-(dimethylamino) ethyl acrylate
DMAEMA	2-(dimethylamino) ethyl methacrylate
EB	Electron beam
ED	Electrodialysis
EDA	Ethylene diamine
EDMA	Ethylene glycol dimethacrylate
EDR	Electrodialysis reversal
EGDME	Ethylene glycol dimethyl ether
ePTFE	Expanded polytetrafluoroethylene
FO	Forward osmosis
GAMA	D-gluconamidoethyl methacrylate
GMA	Glycidyl methacrylate
GMA-IDA	Glycidyl methacrylate-iminodiacetic acid
HEA	Hydroxyethyl acrylate
HEMA	2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate
HFP	Hexafluoropolypropylene
LPP	Low pressure plasma
MA	Methyl acrylate
MAA	Methacrylic acid
MBR	Membrane bioreactor
MF	Microfiltration
MMA	Methyl methacrylate
MMESPAB	N,N-dimethyl-N-(2-methacryloyloxyethyl-N-(3-sulfopropyl)ammonium betaine
MPC	2-methacryloyloxyethyl phosphorylcholine
MPDSAH	[3-(methacryloylamino)propyl]-dimethyl (3-sulfopropyl) ammonium hydroxide
MPEG	Methacryloyl poly(ethylene glycol)
MVA	N-methyl-N-vinylacetamide
NF	Nanofiltration
NIPAM	N-isopropyl acrylamide
NVA	N-vinylacetamide
NVC	N-vinyl-caprolactam
NVF	N-vinyl formamide
NVP	N-pyrrolidone
PA	Polyamide
PAH	Polyallylamine hydrochloride
PAN	Polyacrylonitrile
PDA	2,4-phenylenediamine
PDMS	Poly(dimethylsiloxane)
PE	Polyethylene
PEEK	Poly (ether ether ketone)
PEG	Polyethylene glycol
PEGMA	Poly(ethylene glycol) methacrylate
PES	Polyethersulfone
PET	Polyethylene terephthalate
PI	Polyimide
PLU	Pluronic
PP	Polypropylene
PPO	Poly(phenylene oxide)
PRO	Pressure retarded osmosis
PS	Polysulfone
PSBMA	Poly(sulfobetaine methacrylate)
PSS	Polystyrene sulfonate
PTFE	Polytetrafluoroethylene
PVA	Polyvinyl alcohol
PVDF	Polyvinylidene fluoride
PVP	Polyvinylpyrrolidone
PZC	Pseudo-zwitterionic copolymer
qDMAEMA	Quaternized 2-(dimethylamino) ethyl methacrylate
RED	Reverse electrodialysis
RIGC	Radiation induced graft copolymerization
RMS	Root-mean square
RO	Reverse osmosis
SPMA	3-sulfopropyl methacrylate
SSS	Sodium styrene sulfonate
TFC	Thin film composite
TMA	Trimethylammonium
TMP	Transmembrane pressure
UF	Ultrafiltration
UV	Ultraviolet