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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I First of all, I whole-heartedly thank and worship the Almighty for blessing me with the patience. courage and inner strength that kept me going through all the ups and downs throughout the course of this investigation.. I am greatly indebted to my guide Or. K. E. George, Professor Department of Polymer Science and Rubber Technology for the invaluable guidance and support he has exten ded 10 me throughout this work. Dr. P. Ramesh has been my supervisor from SCTIMST. His day to day encouragement and guidanc e cannot bejust described in words. I extend my sincere gratitude to Or. Rani Josepb. Professor and Head. Department of Polymer Science and Rubber Technology for het support and help during this investigation. I am extremely grateful to the Director SCTIMST Thimvananthapurarn, Prof. Dr. Moh andas for giving me permission to undertake the study and I extend my sincere gratitude to the head BMT wing Dr. Bhuwaneshwar for his suppo rt and advice especially for the help in getting permission to take up this study. I am greatly indebted to Dr. Chan dra P. Sharma the head of Biosurface Technology, BMT wing, SCTIMS T. for his advice, encouragement and motivation to undertake this investigation. I thank Or. Roy Joseph and Dr. P. V. Mohanan for the encourage ment and help they provided through out my doctoral program. I am thankful to Dr. Shiny Velayudan , and Ms. Elizabeth for the encouragement and help they have given me during my research work.
Acknowledgements I gratefully acknowledge the encouragement and help given by Mr.Thomas Abraham throughout the course ofmy doctoral programme. 1wish to place on record my gratitude to Mr. R. Sreekumar (SEM), Mrs. Radhakumary (DSC & TGA), Mr. Gigu Zacharia, Mr. Rajeev, Ms. Reena, Mr. Thulaseedharan, Ramakumari and Jasmin (Toxicology), Mr. K. Rajan, Mr. Anil, Mr. Arumugham, Mr. Raju, Mr. P. R. Hari, Mr. Rowsen Mosses and Mr. N. Suresh for all the help they have rendered. I am thankful to Dr. Eby Thomas Thachil, Dr. Sunil K. Narayanankutty, Dr. Thomas Kurian, Dr. Phillip Kurian, Dr Benny Cherian Ms Lity Alan Varghese administrative staffof PSRT and Mr. Bakker for their timely help. I am always grateful to Dr. A. Jayakrishnan, Dr. Thomas Chandy and Dr. B. Chithambara Thanoo for their advice and guidance, which encouraged me to undertake this study. I also would like to thank my wife, Mareena Sunny, son, Sancho Sunny and daughter, Sneha Sunny for their support, encouragement and patience throughout my research work. I have a special word about my wife who has been a pillar of strength and source of inspiration without whose encouragement and prayers this work would not have been possible. This thesis is dedicated to my beloved parents who always gave strength and encouragement to follow my dreams. .M. C. Sunny
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