| αCl-CL | α-chloro-ε-caprolactone |
| ATRP | Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization |
| BMPCL | γ(2-bromo-2-methyl propionyl)-e-caprolactone |
| CL | Caprolactone |
| DMA | N,N-dimethyl acrylamide |
| DMAEMA | Dimethylaminoethyl methacrylate |
| DMAET | Dimethylamino ethane thiol |
| GMA | glycidyl methacrylate |
| HMDI | Hexamethylene diisocyanate |
| ITP | Iodine Transfer Polymerization |
| MAA | Methacrylic acid |
| MEO2MA | 2-(2-methoxyethoxy) methacrylate |
| MeOPEG | Methoxy PEG |
| MeOPEGMMA | MethoxyPEG methyl methacrylate |
| MMA | Methyl methacrylate |
| nBuA | n-butyl acrylate |
| NIPAAM | N-isopropylacrylamide |
| NVCLac | N-vinyl caprolactame |
| OEGMA | Oligo ethyleneglycol methyl ether methacrylate |
| PCL | Poly ε-caprolactone |
| PCL-I | Iodized PCL |
| PCL-yne | Poly (α-propargyl-CL-co-CL) |
| PEG | Polyethyleneglycol |
| PLA | Poly acide lactique |
| PMMA | Poly methyl methacrylate |
| PS | Polysrtyrene |
| PVP | Poly vinyl pyrrolidone |
| tBuMA | Tertio butyl methacrylate |
| TeSCL | γ-triethylsilyloxy-ε-caprolactone |
| TMS | Trimethyl silyl |
| TOSUO | 1,4,8-trioxa [4.6]spiro-9-undecanone |
| Z | N-carboxybenzyl |