| AAS | Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy |
| AgNPs | Silver NPs |
| AMBR | Algal Membrane Bioreactor |
| CA-NFW | Cellulose Acetate Nanofibrous Webs |
| CNT | Carbon Nanotube |
| CrNPs | Chromium NPs |
| ECNM | Electrospun Chitosan Nanofiber Mats |
| EDS | Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy |
| EDX | Energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy |
| FTIR | Fourier-Transform Infrared Spectroscopy |
| HPLC | High-Performance Liquid Chromatography |
| MDNPs | Manganese Dioxide NPs |
| MFC | Microbial Fuel Cell |
| NT | Nanotechnology |
| NPs | Nanoparticals |
| NMs | Nanomaterials |
| PdNPs | Palladium NPs |
| IONPs | Iron Oxide NPs |
| PES | polyethersulfone |
| PSF | polysulfone |
| PVA | Polyvinyl Alcohol |
| PVDF | polyvinylidene fluoride |
| SEM | Scanning Electron Microscopy |
| TEM | Transmission Electron Microscopy |
| VSM | Vibrating Sample Magnetometer |
| XPS | X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy |
| XRD | X Ray Diffraction |
| ZnONPs | Zinc Oxide NPs |
| ZVI | Zero valent iron |