ABSTRACT

Synthesis of materials with novel properties has attracted growing scientific interest in recent years. A great deal of research activity has been devoted to this fundamental issue due to endless demands of the industry for high-tech applications. A number of strategies have been sought by polymer researchers as well as many others, in need of preparing new materials displaying improved physical and chemical properties. Such improved properties might be achieved by combining a number of physical and chemical properties and can usually be adopted by either blending homopolymers

11.1 Introduction .................................................................................................307 11.2 Synthesis of Block Copolymers ..................................................................308