List of Contributors.

1. An Introduction to Block Copolymer Applications: State-of-the-art and Future Developments.

2. Guidelines for Synthesizing Block Copolymers.

3. Block Copolymer Vesicles.

4. Block Copolymer Micelles for Drug Delivery in Nanoscience.

5. Stimuli-responsive Block Copolymer Assemblies.

6. Self-assembly of Linear Polypeptide-based Block Copolymers.

7. Synthesis, Self-assembly and Applications of Polyferrocenylsilane (PFS) Block Copolymers.

8. Supramolecular Block Polymers Containing Metal-Ligand Binding Sites: From Synthesis to Properties.

9. Methods for the Alignment and the Large-scale Ordering of Block Copolymer Morphologies.

10. Block Copolymer Nanofibers and Nanotubes.

11. Nanostructured Carbons from Block Coplymers.

12. Block Copolymers at Interfaces.

13. Block Copolymers as Templates for the Generation of Mesostructured Inorganic Materials.

14. Mesostructured Polymers-Inorganic Hybrid Materials from Blocked Macromolecular Architectures and Nanoparticles.

15. Block Ionomers for Fuel Cell Application.

16. Structure, Properties and Applications of Crystallizable ABA and ABC Triblock Copolymers with Hydrogenated Polybutadiene Blocks.

17. Basic Understanding of Phase Behavior and Structure of Silicone Block Copolymers and Surfactant-Block Copolymer Mixtures.

Subject Index.