Research lecture notes on 'Blends & real systems' by Julia Higgins File of research lecture notes written by Julia Higgins in her capacity as lecturer at Imperial College London. Many of the notes are hand-written on transparent plastic for use with an overhead projector. Also includes some glass slides of samples. Topics include: Polymer structure and characterisation Mixing a thermoplastic and a thermoset Polymer blends with optimised properties: influence of processing and additives on phase behaviour 1990s-2001