Nanoparticle assembly at liquid–liquid interfaces: From the nanoscale to mesoscale

S Shi, TP Russell - Advanced Materials, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
In the past few decades, novel syntheses of a wide range of nanoparticles (NPs) with well‐
defined chemical composition and structure have opened tremendous opportunities in areas …

From nanoscopic to macroscopic materials by stimuli‐responsive nanoparticle aggregation

M Liu, M Yang, X Wan, Z Tang, L Jiang… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Stimuli‐responsive nanoparticle (NP) aggregation plays an increasingly important role in
regulating NP assembly into microscopic superstructures, macroscopic 2D, and 3D …

Functional Janus structured liquids and aerogels

A Ghaffarkhah, SA Hashemi, F Ahmadijokani… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Janus structures have unique properties due to their distinct functionalities on opposing
faces, but have yet to be realized with flowing liquids. We demonstrate such Janus liquids …

Self‐assembly of MXene‐surfactants at liquid–liquid interfaces: from structured liquids to 3D aerogels

S Shi, B Qian, X Wu, H Sun, H Wang… - Angewandte chemie …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract 2D transition metal carbides and nitrides (MXenes), a class of emerging
nanomaterials with intriguing properties, have attracted significant attention in recent years …

Reconfigurable ferromagnetic liquid droplets

X Liu, N Kent, A Ceballos, R Streubel, Y Jiang, Y Chai… - Science, 2019 - science.org
Solid ferromagnetic materials are rigid in shape and cannot be reconfigured. Ferrofluids,
although reconfigurable, are paramagnetic at room temperature and lose their …

pH‐and Redox‐Responsive Pickering Emulsions Based on Cellulose Nanocrystal Surfactants

Y Yang, H Sun, M Wang, M Li, Z Zhang… - Angewandte …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Nanoparticle surfactants (NPSs), formed by using dynamic interactions between
nanoparticles and complementary ligands at the liquid‐liquid interface, have emerged as …

Sustainable superhydrophobic surface with tunable nanoscale hydrophilicity for water harvesting applications

Y Wang, W Zhao, M Han, L Guan, L Han… - Angewandte …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Superwettable surfaces show great potential in water harvesting applications, however, a
scalable water harvesting surface remains elusive due to the trade‐off between water …

Building reconfigurable devices using complex liquid–fluid interfaces

J Forth, PY Kim, G Xie, X Liu, BA Helms… - Advanced …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Liquid–fluid interfaces provide a platform both for structuring liquids into complex shapes
and assembling dimensionally confined, functional nanomaterials. Historically, attention in …

Reconfigurable printed liquids

J Forth, X Liu, J Hasnain, A Toor, K Miszta… - Advanced …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Liquids lack the spatial order required for advanced functionality. Interfacial assemblies of
colloids, however, can be used to shape liquids into complex, 3D objects, simultaneously …

Harnessing liquid-in-liquid printing and micropatterned substrates to fabricate 3-dimensional all-liquid fluidic devices

W Feng, Y Chai, J Forth, PD Ashby, TP Russell… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Abstract Systems comprised of immiscible liquids held in non-equilibrium shapes by the
interfacial assembly and jamming of nanoparticle− polymer surfactants have significant …