TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - POLYMERS - Preferred Composition: (I) further comprises a hydrogenated or saturated central block. Preferred Components: The sulfonated copolymer comprises at least one block copolymer comprising at least two polymer end blocks (A) and at least one polymer interior block (B), where each (A) block is resistant to sulfonation and each (B) block is susceptible to sulfonation. The sulfonated copolymer comprises an arylene-vinyl containing copolymer prepared by free radical polymerization, coordination catalyst-based polymerization, metallocene-based polymerization, condensation polymerization, ring-opening polymerization, reaction (step-growth) polymerization, anionic polymerization or cationic polymerization. The (A) and (B) blocks contain no significant level of olefinic unsaturation and each (A) block has an average molecular weight of 10000-60000 and each (B) block has an average molecular weight of 2000-300000. In (I), each (A) block comprises one or more polymerized segments consisting of para-substituted styrene monomers, ethylene, alpha -olefins having 3-18 carbon atoms, 1,3-cyclodiene monomers, monomers of conjugated dienes having a vinyl content less than 35 mol.% prior to hydrogenation, acrylic esters and/or methacrylic esters. The para-substituted styrene monomers are para-methylstyrene, para-ethylstyrene, para-n-proplystyrene, para-isopropylstyrene, para-n-butylstyrene, para-sec-butylstyrene, para-iso-butylstyrene, para-tert-butylstyrene, para-decylstyrene isomers or para-dodecylstyrene isomers. The (A) block comprises polymerized ethylene or hydrogenated polymers of a conjugated acrylic diene and has a melting point of greater than 50 degrees C. The (B) block comprises one or more polymerized segments consisting of alkylene monomers, vinyl aromatic monomers, unsubstituted styrene monomers, ortho-substituted styrene monomers, meta-substituted styrene monomers, alpha -methyl styrene, 1,1-diphenylethylene and/or 1,2-diphenylethylene. The alkylene monomers are isobutylene, methyl cyclohexene, methylcyclopentene, 1-methyl, 1-ethyl ethane or their higher alkyl derivatives. Each (B) block is sulfonated to an extent of 10-100 mol.%, based on the units of arylene vinyl monomer in the (B) blocks. The mol.% of arylene vinyl monomers, which are unsubstituted styrene monomers, ortho-substituted styrene monomers, meta-substituted styrene monomers, alpha -methyl styrene, 1,1- diphenylethylene and 1,2-diphenylethylene in each (B) block is 10-100 mol.%. The sulfonated copolymer comprises a triblock copolymer, where the (B) blocks comprise arylenevinyl polymer segments and the (A) blocks comprise diene polymer segments. The sulfonated copolymer comprises a random block copolymer, a triblock copolymer or a pseudorandom block copolymer in which the end blocks comprise arylene-vinyl polymer and the central blocks comprise at least one monoalkene polymer segment. The monoalkene polymer segment comprises at least four carbon atoms and the sulfonated copolymer comprises an aryl-containing condensation copolymer. The condensation copolymer comprises a copolymer consisting of polyurethane, polyamide, polyester, polysiloxane or polycarbonate. The sulfonated copolymer comprises a pseudo-random block copolymer or a random block copolymer in which the end blocks are comprised of arylene-vinyl polymer and the central block is comprised of a diene polymer comprising repeat units of at least four carbon atoms. The sulfonated copolymer comprises a random copolymer comprising an arylene-vinyl monomer and a non-arylene vinyl comonomer. The sulfonated copolymer is polyethersulfone, polyetherketone, polystyrene methylmethacrylate, polydioxanone, polylactides, polyglycolides, lactide-glycolide copolymers or polyesters including terephthalates. The sulfonated copolymer comprises a general configuration of (A-D-B-D-A), (A-B-D-B-A), ((A-D-B)nX) and/or ((A-B-D)nX), where n is 2-30 and X is a coupling agent, where (D) block is resistant to sulfonation. The (D) blocks contain no significant levels of olefinic unsaturation, and comprises at least one polymer having a glass transition temperature of less than 20 degrees C and an average molecular weight of 1000-50000. The 1,3-cyclodiene or conjugated dienes are subsequently hydrogenated. (D) block is polymerized or copolymerized conjugated diene, a polymerized acrylate monomer, a silicone polymer and/or polymerized isobutylene. The conjugated diene comprises isoprene or 1,3-butadiene having a vinyl content prior to hydrogenation of 20-80 mol.%. The (A) block comprises para-tert-butylstyrene or para-methylstyrene and the (B) block comprises unsubstituted styrene. The (D) block comprises 1,3-butadiene prior to hydrogenation and 20-80 mol.% of the condensed butadiene units in the block have 1,2-configuration prior to hydrogenation. Preferred Process: The step of isolating and/or processing the polymer blend comprises at least one spray drying, precipitating, solvent evaporation, extruding, electrospraying or electrospinning. The step of manipulating the polymer blend comprises thermal lamination, transfer molding, press molding, extruding, thermal fiber-spinning, electrospinning, electrospraying, painting, dipping or pressure spraying. EXAMPLE - Tecophilic (RTM: Aliphatic polyether-based thermoplastic polyurethane) (11 g) was added to sulfonated styrene-isobutylene-styrene polymer solution (10 g) using pipette, while stirring and continuously stirred overnight at 40 degrees C to obtain a polymer blend.