AFM

Atomic Force Microscopy

AMP

antimicrobial peptides

6-APA

6-aminopenicillanic acid

APTES

aminopropyl triethoxy silane

ATR-FTIR

Attenuated Total Reflection-Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy

CDI

1,1’-carbonyldiimidazole

COC

cyclic olefin copolymer

EDC

1-ethyl-3-((dimethylamino)propyl)carbodiimide hydrochloride

EEDQ

N-ethoxycarbonyl-2-ethoxy-1 2-dihydroquinoline

EGF

Epidermal growth factor

EPS

expanded polystyrene foam

FESEM

Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscopy

FRET

Förster Resonance Energy Transfer

GFP

Green fluorescent protein

GOS

galacto-oligosaccharides

HFCS

high fructose corn syrup

IGI

immobilized D-glucose isomerase

LCST

Lower Critical Solution Temperature

MOF

metal organic frameworks

NCC

nano-crystalline cellulose

P(AN-co-Am)

poly(acrylonitrile-co-acrylamide)

PCL-PEO-PCL

poly(ε-caprolactone)-block-poly(ethyleneoxide)-block-poly(ε-caprolactone)

PEGA

hydrophilic acrylamide-PEG commercial resin

PEM

polyelectrolyte multilayer

PET

poly(ethyleneterephthalate)

PFTase

Protein Farnesyl Transferase

PGMA

poly(glycidyl methacrylate)

P(GMA-co-MA)

poly(glycidyl methacrylate-co-methyl methacrylate)

PHEA

poly(hydroxyethyl acrylate)

PHEMA

poly(hydroxyethyl methacrylate)

PMMA

poly(methylmethacrylate)

PNIPAM

poly(N-isopropyl acrylamide)

poly(S-co-MA)

poly(styrene-co-maleic anhydride)

PPC

poly(propylene chloride)

PSBMA

poly(sulfobetaïne methacrylate)

PVDF

poly(vinylidene difluoride)

SBS

poly(styrene)-block-poly(butadiene)-block-poly(styrene)

SECM

Scanning Electrochemical Microscopy

SEM

Scanning Electron Microscopy

SFG

Sum Frequency Generation spectroscopy

SPR

Surface Plasmon Resonance

Tg

glass transition temperature

TEM

Transmission Electron Microscopy

TGA

Thermogravimetric analysis

TGF

Transforming Growth Factor

TNBS

2,4,6-trinitrobenzene sulfonate

ToF-SIMS

Time of Flight Secondary Ion Mass Spectroscopy

UCST

Upper Critical Solution Temperature

XPS

X-Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy