Polymer colloids

Abstract

Polymer colloids cover a broad spectrum of polymeric materials like macrolattices, microlattices, polymeric membranes, etc. The most important polymer colloids are block and graft copolymer micelles which represent a specific state of polymeric matter with a number of interesting structural features and properties. In this paper, recent development in the field of polymeric micelles is discussed, namely, problems of micelle formation, micelle structure, hydrodynamic properties, micellar equilibria, and solubilization.