| AA | Aromatic amines |
| ACN | Acetonitrile |
| ATPhe | 4-aminotiophenol |
| CA | coupling agents |
| CE | Cellulose |
| CP | conducting polymer |
| CTA | cysteamine |
| DEHS | di-(2-ethylhexyl) sulfosuccinate |
| DMF | Dimethylformamide |
| DMFC | Direct methanol fuel cell |
| DMSO | Dimethylsulfoxide |
| Do | Diffusion coefficient |
| DOT | Dodecanotiol |
| DSC | Differential Scanning Calorimetry. |
| EChem | Electrochemical |
| FTIR | Fourier-Transform Infrared Spectroscopy |
| GO | Graphene oxide |
| HSPANI | highly sulfonated polyaniline (75–100%) |
| MALDI-TOF | Matrix assisted laser desorption/ionization-Time of Flight |
| MEH-PPV | poly(2-methoxy-5-(2′-ethylhexyloxy)-1,4-phenylene vinylene |
| MPS | mercaptopropansulfonate |
| NBS | N-bromosuccinimide |
| NCA | Nucleophilic conjugate addition |
| NCS | N-chlorosuccinimide |
| NFS | N-fluorosuccinimide |
| NMP | N-methylpyrrolydone |
| NMR | Nuclear Magnetic Resonance |
| Nu | NucleiphileNucleophile |
| NXSuc | N-halosuccucinimide |
| OEG | oligoethyleneglycol |
| OLED | Organic lifghtlight emitting diode |
| P3HT | poly(3-heylthiophene) |
| P3MeT | poly(3-methylthiophene) |
| P3OT | poly(3-octylthiophene) |
| PAMAM G4 | polyamidoamine dendrimer 4th generation |
| PANI (EBA) | polyaniline (emeraldine base form) |
| PANI (ES) | polyaniline (emeraldine salt form) |
| PANI (LEB) | polyaniline (leucoemeraldine base form) |
| PANI (PNB) | polyaniline (pernigraniline base form) |
| PANI | polyaniline |
| PBD | probe Beam Deflection |
| PEDOT | poly(ethylenedioxythiophene) |
| PEG | poly(ethyleneglycol) |
| PEI | poly(ethyleneimine) |
| PFO | poly(fluorene) |
| PNMANI | poly(N-methylaniline) |
| POH | poly[3-(6-hydroxyhexyl)thiophene] |
| PPDA | poly(p-phenylenediamine) |
| PPV | poly(phenylenevinylene) |
| PPy | polypyrrole |
| PSS | poly(styrene sulfonate) |
| PT | polythiophene |
| PVC | poly(vinylchloride) |
| RGO | Reduced graphene oxide |
| SEAr | Electrophilic aromatic substitution |
| SEN | Electrophilic substitution in the nitrogen |
| SNAc | Nucleophilic substitution in the acyl group |
| SNAl | Nucleophilic substitution in the alkyl group |
| SNAr | Nucleophilic aromatic substitution |
| SPAN | Sulfonated polyaniline (ca. 50%) |
| t-BOC | tert-butoxycarbonyl |
| Tg | Glass transition Temperature |
| THF | Tetrahydrofurane |
| TPP | tetraphenylporphyrin |
| VNHE | Volts vs. Normal Hydrogen Electrode |
| VRHE | Volts vs. Reversible Hydrogen Electrode |
| VSSCE | Volts vs. Saturated salt calomel electrode |
| XPS | X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy |
| XRD | X-ray diffraction |