| AA | Amino acid |
| ATR | Attenuated total reflectance |
| CPCM | Conductor-like polarizable continuum model |
| DFT | Density functional theory |
| DMSO | Dimethyl sulfoxide |
| DSC | Differential scanning calorimetry |
| FTIR | Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy |
| NAGMA | N-acetyl-glycine-methylamide |
| TMAO | Trimethylamine N-oxide |