ABSTRACT
Synthetic polymers have wide application in various industries and in this chapter the application with respect to the textile industry and biomedical eld are addressed. These bers exhibit excellent physical properties such as strength, exibility, toughness, stiffness, wear, and abrasion resistance (Ikada, 1994). However, synthetic polymers also exhibit some disadvantages that restrict their wider applications. A poor hydrophilicity is the main disadvantage with synthetic polymers and this makes it dif cult for the application in textile industry and the biomedical eld.
