Segmentedblockcopolymerbasedonnylon6(N6)andpolyethyleneoxide(PEO)withstochiometricratiowassynthesizedviaatwo-stepprocess.ThefirststeprepresentsendcappingofN6inthepresenceofadipicacidleadingtocarboxyterminatedN6,andthesecondoneispolycondensationofthelatterproductwithPEOinthepresenceofcatalystandthermostabilizertoformahighmolecularweightmulti-blockcopolymer.SeveralmethodswereappliedtocharacterizethesynthesizedcopolymersuchasFouriertransforminfraredspectroscopy,protonnuclearmagneticresonancespectroscopy,differentialthermalanalysis,differentialscanningcalorimetry,X-raydiffractionandatomicforcemicroscopy.Theobtainedresultsconfirmedthemulti-blockstructureforcopolymerwithaveryhighdegreeofmicro-phaseseparation.Atomicforcemicroscopymicrographsindicatedthatthemorphologywasthedispersionofhighstiffnessnanostructuredpolyamide(PA)domainsintheamorphousregionofPEOmatrix,whichcanbeveryimportantintheirperformanceformembraneprocesses.
