| CD | Cyclodextrin |
| Pluronic F127 | PEO100PPO70PEO100 PEO: poly(ethylene oxide) and PPO: poly(propylene oxide) |
| CALB | Lipase B from Candida antarctica |
| TMOS | Tetramethyl orthosilicate |
| CTMS | Chlorotrimethylsilane |
| HDTMS | Hexadecyltrimethoxysilane |
| APTMS | (3-aminopropyl)-trimethoxysilane |
| GPTMS | (3-Glycidyloxypropyl)trimethoxysilane |
| GAH | Glutaraldehyde |
| GAC | Glutaric anhydride |
| EDC | N-(3-Dimethylaminopropyl)-N′-ethylcarbodiimide hydrochloride |
| CCLβ-CD | Cationic cross-linked β-CD |
| EP | Epichlorohydrin |
| GTMAC | Glycidyltrimethylammonium chloride |
| DFF | 2,5-diformylfuran |
| FDCA | 2,5-furandicarboxylic acid |
| FFCA | 5-formylfuran-2-carboxylic acid |
| DLS | Dynamic Light Scattering |
| SBET | Surface area determined by the Brunauer, Emmett and Teller method |
| BJH | Barrett, Joyner and Halenda |
| TEM | Transmission Electron Microscopy |
| SEM | Scanning Electron Microscopy |
| NMR | Nuclear Magnetic Resonance |
| HPLC | High Performance Liquid Chromatography |
| ATR-FTIR | Attenuated Total Reflexion Fourier Transform Infrared spectroscopy |
| TGA | Thermogravimetric analysis |
| Dg | Grafting density |
| Dgmax | Maximum grafting density |
| Scov | Surface coverage |