| Super-resolution microscopy | SRM |
| Stimulated emission depletion | STED |
| Reversible saturated optically linear fluorescence transition | RESOLFT |
| Saturated structured illumination microscopy | SSIM |
| Stochastic optical reconstruction microscopy | STORM |
| Photoactivated localization microscopy | PALM |
| Fluorescence photoactivated localization microscopy | FPALM |
| Super-resolution | SR |
| Quantum dots | QDs |
| Carbon Dots | CDs |
| Graphene quantum dots | GQDs |
| Point spread function | PSF |
| Near infrared | NIR |
| Nitrogen doped | N-CD |
| Boron and nitrogen co-doped carbon dots | BN-CD |
| Endoplasmic reticulum | ER |
| N-hydroxysulfosuccinimide | NHS |
| Folate receptor | FR |
| Full width at half-maximum | FWHM |
| Transmission electron microscopy | TEM |
| Carbonized polymer dots | CPDs |
| Poly vinyl alcohol | PVA |
| 1-ethyl-3-(3-dimethylaminopropyl) carbodiimide | EDC |
| Graphene oxide nanosheets | GONS |
| Super-resolution imaging | SRI |
| Fluorescence resonance electron transfer | FRET |
| Single-molecule localization microscopy | SMLM |
| Atomic force microscopy | AFM |
| Super-resolution optical fluctuation imaging | SOFI |
| p-phenylendiamine | Pda |
| 4-carboxybutyltriphenylphosphonium | PPh3+ |