LIST OF TABLES


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4-1 Characteristic values of the star-shaped polymers. ......___ .... ... .__. ........_........63

4-2 Characteristic values of the linear PEO macroinitiator and of the linear diblock
 copolym ers. .............. ...............64....

4-3 Collapse pressure values of the PCL homopolymers. ................ ...._ ................69

5-1 Number average molecular weights and polydispersity indexes of the three-arm star
 block copolymers ................. ...............110................

7-1 Loading compositions of the miniemulsions. ..........._.....___ .......___........15