AA	Amino Acid
AFM	Atomic Force Microscopy
AMP	AntiMicrobial Peptide
APD	Antimicrobial Peptide Database
APTES	3-Aminopropyltriethoxysilane
ATP	Adenosine triphosphate
ATR-IR	Attenuated Total Reflection-Infra Red
CAPE	Cellulose-amino-hydroxypropyl ether
CFU	Colony-Forming Unit
CMP	Carboxymethylpullalans
CPTES	3-Chloropropyltriethoxysilane
EDC	1-Ethyl-3-(3-dimethylaminopropyl) carbodiimide
EPS	Extra Cellular Polymeric substance
FDA	Food and Drug Administration
HEMA	hydroxyethyl methacrylate
LbL	Layer-by-Layer
IL	Inhibition of Luminescence
MAA	Methacrylate Acid
MAG	Magainin
MIC	Minimal Inhibition Concentration
MUA	11-mercaptoundecanoic acid
NHS	N-Hydroxysuccinimide
NMR	Nuclear Magnetic resonance
PDMA	Polydimethylacrylamide
PDMS	Polydimethylsiloxane
PEG	Poly(Ethylene Glycol)
PEM	Polyelectrolyte multilayers
PLL	Poly-L-ysine
PM-RAIRS	Polarisation Modulation Reflection Absorption Infrared Spectroscopy
PMPI	p-maleimidophenyl isocyanate
QS	Quorum Sensing
SAM	Self-Assembled Monolayer
SEM	Scanning Electron Microscopy
SI-ATRP	Surface-Initiated Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization
XPS	X-Ray Photoemission Spectroscopy