BnOH	benzyl alcohol
BTE	bone tissue engineering
CA	cholic acid
CgPCs	chitosan-graft-PDLLA copolymers
CIP	ciprofloxacin
CNCs	cellulose nanocrystals
CT	computerized tomography
CV	cresyl violet
D,L-LA	D,L-lactic acid
DBU	SQ-2 to SQ-6 and 1,8-diazabicyclo[5.4.0]undec-7-ene
DCM	dichloromethane
DESs	Drug-eluting stents
DM	Diabetes mellitus
DMA	Dimethylacetamide
DMAP	4-dimethylaminopyridine
DMC	dimethyl carbonate
DMF	dimethylformamide
DMSO	dimethyl sulfoxide
DP-PDLLA	degree of polymerization of D,L-lactic acid
DSC	Differential Scanning Calorimetry
DS-PDLLA	degree of substitution of PDLLA
DTG	Derivative thermogravimetry
DTX	Docetaxel
EDC/NHS	N-hydroxysuccinimide/N-(3-dimethylaminopropyl)-N′-ethyl-carbodiimide hydrochloride
EDOT	3,4-ethylenedioxythiphene
EG	ethylene glycol
El	elastin peptide
EmimAc	1-ethyl-3-methyimidazolium acetate
ERY	erythromycin
ESC	enantiomorphic site control
FDM	fused deposition modeling
FT-IR	Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy
GA	glycolic acid
GE	Gelatin
GMA-g-PEO	glycidyl methacrylate-g-poly(ethylene oxide)
GPC	Gel Permeation Chromatography
H3PW	12-tungstofosforic acid
hc-PLA	PLA homocrystals
Hedta	ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid
HEMA	2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate
HMW	High molecular weight
IONPs	iron oxide nanoparticles
LA	lactic acid
LAB	lactic acid bacteria
MBL	a-methylene-g-butyrolactone
m-LA	meso-lactide
Mn	number-average molecular weight
MN	microneedles
MP	microparticles
MPEG-PCLA	monomethoxy-poly(ethylene glycol)-poly(ε-caprolactone-co-D,L-lactide)
MRI	magnetic resonance imaging
MS	microspheres
MSA	methanesulfonic acid
MS-PDLLA	molar substitution of PDLLA
Mw	weight-average molecular weight
NEt3	triethylamine
NNO	diaminophenoxy
NO	nitric oxide
NP	nanoparticles
OLA	oligo lactic acid
PB	prussian blue
PBDE	polybrominated diphenyl ether
PBNPs	prussian blue nanoparticles
PCL	poly(ε-caprolactone)
PDLA	poly(D-lactic acid)
PDLLA	poly(D,L-lactic acid)
PDLLA-b-PNVP	poly(D,L-lactide)-b-poly(N-vinylpyrrolidone)
PDP	phenyl dichlorophosphate
PEDOT	poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiphene)
PEG	poly(ethylene glycol)
PEO	polyethylene oxide
PET	polyethylene terephthalate
PGPs	calcium phosphate-based glasses particulates
PHB	polyhydroxybutyrate
PLA	poly(lactic acid)
PLA/TPS	PLA-thermoplastic starch
PLA-g-MA	PLA-g-maleic anhydride
PLA-g-TPS	PLA-g-thermoplastic starch
PLEL	(PDLLA-PEG-PDLLA) hydrogel
PLGA	poly(lactic acid-co-glycolic acid)
PLLA	poly(L-lactic acid)
Pm	meso dyads
PNCs	polymer nanocomposites
PNVP	poly(N-vinylpyrrolidone)
PS	polystyrene
PTMC	poly(trimethylene carbonate)
PVA	poly(vinyl alcohol)
PVPh	poly(vinylphenol)
rac-LA	racemic lactide
RAFT	reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer
Rapa	Rapamycin
ROP	Ring opening polymerization
sb-PLA	PLA stereoblocks
sc-PLA	PLA stereocomplexes
SEM	scanning electron microscopy
SnCl2	tin(II) chloride dihydrate
SSF	solid-state foaming
SSP	solid-state polycondensation
STVPh	styrene-co-vinyl phenol
TBAC	tetrabutylammonium chloride
TBD	1,5,7-triazabicyclo [4.4.0] dec-5-ene
Tg	glass transition temperature
TGA	thermogravimetric analysis
THF	tetrahydrofuran
Tm	melting temperature
TSA	p-toluenesulfonic acid
TUC’s	thiourea-based organocatalysts
WPDLLA	weight content of PDLLA
wt.%	weight percent
XRD	X-ray diffraction