| Abbreviation | Meaning |
| DMAEMA | 2-(dimethylaminoethyl) methacrylate |
| AIBN | 2,2-azobis(2-methylpropionitrile) |
| Irgacure 2959 | 2-hydroxy-4-(2-hydroxyethoxy)-2-methylpropiophenone |
| HEA | 2-hydroxyethyl) acrylate |
| HEMA | 2-hydroxyethyl) methacrylate |
| APTES | 3-aminopropyltriethoxysilane |
| ACPA | 4,4′-azobis(4-cyanopentanoic acid) |
| AAm | acrylamide |
| AA | acrylic acid |
| BP | benzophenone |
| BP-DS | benzophenone diazonium salt |
| BAPO | bis(acyl)phosphane oxide |
| CNC | cellulose nanocrystals |
| DC | dithiocarbamate |
| DTCA | dithiodiundecane- 11,1 diylbis[4({[(diethylamino) carbonothioyl] thioethyl) phenyl] carbamate}])] |
| GMA | glycidyl methacrylate |
| HAp | hydroxyapatite |
| HPTX | hyperbranched thioxanthone |
| LDPE | low-density-polyethylene |
| MAA | methacrylic acid |
| MMA | methyl methacrylate |
| SDBC | N-(diethylamino) dithiocarbamoylbenzyl-(trimethoxy)silane |
| DMAAM | N,N-dimethylacrylamide |
| NIPAM | N-isopropylacrylamide |
| NITEC | nitrile imine -mediated tetrazole-ene cycloaddition |
| PFPA | perfluorophenyl azides |
| PAH | photoacid |
| PAG | photoacid generator |
| PC | photoredox catalyst |
| PAA | poly (acrylic acid) |
| PMAA | poly (methacrylic acid) |
| PMMA | poly (methyl methacrylate) |
| PAAm | poly acrylamide |
| PEOX | poly(2-ethyl-2-oxazoline) |
| PDMAA | poly(dimethylacrylamide) |
| PEGMA | poly(ethylene glycol) methacrylate |
| PHEMA | poly(hydroxyethyl methacrylate) |
| PEI | poly(propyleneimine) |
| PEG | polyethylene glycol |
| PEGDA | polyethylene glycol diacrylate |
| PP | polypropylene |
| PS | polystyrene |
| DC-H | sodium- N,N diethyldithiocarbamate trihydrate |
| St | styrene |
| SI-ATRP | surface initiated atom transfer radical polymerization |
| SI-PET-RAFT | Surface Initiated Photoinduced Electron/Energy Transfer Reversible Addition-Fragmentation Chain Transfer Polymerization |
| SI-PIMP | surface initiated photoiniferter-mediated polymerization |
| SI-NMP | surface-initiated nitroxide-mediated polymerization |
| SI-RAFT | surface-initiated reversible addition fragmentation chain transfer |
| Two-photon absorption | TPA |
| Two-photon induced photopolymerization |
TPIP |
| TX | thioxanthone |