| HMIs | Heavy metal ions | MAA | Methacrylic acid |
| IIECSs | Ion-imprinted electrochemical sensors | OPD | O-phenylenediamine |
| IIPs | Ion-imprinted polymers | AA | Acrylic acid |
| WHO | World Health Organization | AM | Acrylamide |
| IQ | Intelligence quotient | 4-VP | 4-Vinylpyridine |
| SERS | Surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy | Py | Pyrrole |
| AAS | Atomic absorption spectrometry | ECSs | Electrochemical sensors |
| CE | Capillary electrophoresis | CS | Chitosan |
| ICP-AES | Inductively coupled plasma-atomic emission spectroscopy | NNMBA | N,N′-methylene double acrylamide |
| IC-UV-vis | Ion chromatography-ultraviolet vis spectrometry | TPPZ | 2,3,5,6-Tetra(2-pyridyl) pyrazine |
| ICP-MS | Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry | MMWCNTs | Magnetic multi-walled carbon nanotubes |
| MP | Microprobe | NPs | Nanoparticles |
| XFS | X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy | WE | Working electrodes |
| MIPs | Molecularly imprinted polymers | RE | Reference electrodes |
| MIECSs | Molecularly imprinted electrochemical sensors | CE | Counter electrodes |
| MIT | Molecular imprinting technique | ISEs | Ion selective electrodes |
| HMIIECSs | Heavy metal ions imprinted electrochemical sensors | LOD | Low limit of detection |
| CPE | Carbon paste electrode | IIMs | Ion-imprinted membranes |
| APA | Allyl phenoxyacetate | Th | Thiophene |
| EGDMA | Ethylene glycol dimethacrylate | SCE | Saturated calomel electrode |
| AIBN | Azobisisobutyronitrile | CV | Cyclic voltammetry |
| CNF | Carbon nanofibers-grafted | DPV | Differential pulse voltammetry |
| SEM | Scanning electron microscopy | PPD | P-phenylenediamine |
| AAM | Acryl amide | THPP | 5,10,15,20-Tetrakis(3-hydroxyphenyl)-porphyrin |
| BAAP | Bis-(2-acryloylamino-ethyl)-phosphinic acid | IL | Ionic liquid |
| SPCE | Screen-printed carbon electrode | GR | Graphene |
| PGE | Pencil graphite electrode | rGO | Reduced graphene oxide |
| PC | Poly catechol | GP | Graphite powder |
| SPE | Screen printed electrode | EAAP | Ethyl 6-(allyloxy)-2-amino-4-phenyl-4H-benzo[f]chromene-3-carboxylate |
| DPC | 1,5-Dipenylcarbazone | ASV | Anodic stripping voltammetry |
| CNTs | Carbon nanotubes | DDBHCT | 2,2’-(9E,10E)-1,4-Dihydroxy-anthrace-9,10-dimethylene)bis(hydrazi-1-carbonthiona-mide) |
| SWCNTs | Single-walled carbon nanotubes | APS | Ammonium persulfate |
| GCE | Glassy carbon electrode | TEM | Transmission electron microscope |
| DPASV | Differential pulse anodic stripping voltammetry | PPy | Polypyrrole |
| PAN | 1-(2-Pyridazo)-2-naphthol | ERGO | Electrochemical reduction of graphene oxide |
| LOQ | Limit of quantification | PoPD | Poly (o-phenylenediamine) |
| SWASV | Square wave anodic stripping voltammetry | EDTA | Ethylene diamine tetraacetic acid |
| RSD | Relative standard deviation | GQDs | Graphene quantum dots |
| EIS | Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy | GQDTU | Thiourea derivative-functionalized GQDs |
| LEDs | Light-emitting devices | g-C3N4 | Graphitic carbonitride |
| ITA | Itaconic acid | NPG | Nanoporous gold |
| AuNPs | Gold nanomaterials | GE | Gold electrode |
| MMIECS | Magnetic molecularly imprinted electrochemical sensors | MNMs | Magnetic nanomaterials |
| GF-AAS | Graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrometry | 2-CBT | Benzothiazole-2-carbaldehyde |
| APTES | 3-Aminopropyltriethoxysilane | MPS | Methacryloxypropyltrimethoxysilane |
| VTES | Vinyltriethoxysilane | SCMNPs | SiO2-coated magnetite nanomaterials |
| PVC | Polyvinylchloride |