“…The different applications of the core/ shell particles require advanced characterization techniques to determine the morphology down to the molecular level. Important and powerful characterization techniques are, for example, transmission electron microscopy (TEM) (Lee and Rudin, 1992), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), small angle neutron scattering (Hergeth et al, 1989), light scattering (Mills et al, 1993, Ottewil et al, 1995), and NMR (Clauss et al, 1993. Moreover, it is also important to know whether the composite polymer particles contain graft or block copolymers, since these may act as compatibilizers and thus have a large effect on the extent of phase separation.…”