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possible retention. Lastly, translocation should be carried with even smaller silica NPs (comparable topoly(styrene) ones ) at same concentration in order to better correlate the results. Similarly, largerpoly(styrene) NPs should be prepared in order to examine the role of surface nature vs. size vs. structuralcharacteristics of the NPs. Even stiffer NPs than silica, like that of Titanium dioxide or Gold can beexplored to completely understand the role of various parameters. Finally, these experiments can alsobe carried out with the membrane having crosslinked core in order to conclusively prove the role ofstructural dynamism of the membrane.In the third part, we couldn’t develop a true membrane from the copolymer hence this can beconsidered as the first objective to how achieve a porous superstructure from thousands of such zippedmicelles’ layers. Being very thin, it was difficult to explore the mechanical response of the assembly.Currently, experiments are underway where the thin PMMA films coated with such multilayer assemblywill be tested on a DMA instrument. Surface indentation measurements can also be utilized to get anestimation of hardness of the coating and eventually the membrane. Preliminary experiments areunderway to verify the thermally simulated self-healing of the coating at different temperatures. Oncethe healing is established, there can be whole series of experiments involving DMA, rheological tests ofhealed and un-healed specimens at different temperatures and other conditions.For the final part, as it has been indicated to be largely incomplete except the synthesis of theprecursor RAFT agent, hence there are lot of experiments need to be done. The foremost ones being tovalidate the idea of crack retardation and its closure by a soft matter like gel at microns level followed byperpetual decrease in size till nano level.141