| 2DNS | Two-dimensional nanostructures |
| AgNPs | Silver Nanoparticles |
| AlN | Aluminium Nitride |
| AuNPs | Gold Nanoparticles |
| BP | Black Phosphorus |
| CFU | Colony-Forming unit |
| CM | Chemical Mechanism |
| COFs | Covalent Organic Frameworks |
| CT | Charge Transfer |
| CV | Crystal Violet |
| CVD | Chemical Vapour Deposition |
| DNA | Deoxyribonucleic acid |
| ECL | Electrochemiluminescence |
| EF | Enhancement Factor |
| EM | Electromagnetic Mechanism |
| g-C3N4 | graphitic carbon nitride |
| GERS | Graphene Enhanced Raman Scattering |
| GO | Graphene Oxide |
| h-BN | hexagonal Boron Nitride |
| HIV | Human immunodeficiency virus |
| HOMO | Highest Occupied Molecular Orbital |
| LOD | Limit of Detection |
| LOQ | Limit of Quantification |
| LSPR | Localized Surface Plasmon Resonance |
| LUMO | Lowest unoccupied Molecular Orbital |
| MB | Methylene Blue |
| MG | Malachite Green |
| MOFs | Metal Oxide Frameworks |
| MoOx | Molybdenum Oxide |
| MoS2 | Molybdenum Sulphate |
| NPs | Nanoparticles |
| NWs | Nanowires |
| OTA | Ochratoxin |
| PCA | Principal Component Analysis |
| rGO | reduced Graphene Oxide |
| Rh6G | Rhodamine 6G |
| RhB | Rhodamine B |
| SERS | Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering |
| TaN | Tantalum Nitride |
| TiAlN | Titanium Aluminium Nitride |
| TiN | Titanium Nitride |
| TiO2 | Titanium Oxide |
| TMDs | Transition-metal dichalcogenides |
| WN | Tungsten Nitride |
| WOx | Tungsten Oxide |
| WS2 | Tungsten Sulphate |