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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS<br />

I would like to express my gratitu<strong>de</strong> to my advisor Professor Basil D. Favis for all our insightful<br />

conversations. His thoughtful advice and enthusiasm for science have always inspired me. All<br />

what I learned from him, not only aca<strong>de</strong>mically but in ways to do research, is priceless.<br />

There are many other people I need to thank who contributed to the success of this dissertation in<br />

different ways. Among them, special thanks to François Normandin from IMI for his direct help<br />

on assembling a particular setup to measure conductivity throughout the sample for my project.<br />

Thanks to Carol and Jacques for technical help in providing the particular equipments for both<br />

the layer-by-layer and blending process parts. Thanks also to Mélina for her assistance and<br />

discussions on the rheological part. I would also like to thank Patricia Moraille for her assistance<br />

in AFM, Éric Duchesne for introducing SEM to me and Jean-Philippe Masse for helping me with<br />

FIB equipment and for helpful discussions.<br />

My sincere thanks to my friends Sina Mortazy, Reza Shirazi, Nick Virgilio, Pierre Sarazin, and<br />

Mehdi Maziane for their assistance and useful discussions in this thesis.<br />

This thesis and all of my past aca<strong>de</strong>mic success is due in large part to the support of my brothers:<br />

Shahrooz, Babak, and Sasan, without whom I could not have this glorious moment in my life.<br />

My <strong>de</strong>epest gratitu<strong>de</strong> goes to my parents for their unconditional love and support. They taught<br />

me the right way to live and no rewards without hard working by their own life.<br />

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