Icephobic surfaces have a critical footprint on human daily lives ranging from aviation
systems and infrastructures to energy systems, but creation of these surfaces for low …

In recent years, polymer nanoparticles (PNPs) have found their ways into numerous
applications extending from electronics to photonics, conducting materials to sensors and …

The dialkyldiazene or azo-compound initiators, which include azonitriles such as azobis
(isobutyronitrile)(AIBN), are one of the most important classes of initiator being widely used …

Gold Janus nanomaterials have a tremendous significance for the novel bifunctional
materials, significantly expanding the application scope of gold nanomaterials, especially …

Gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) have been extensively utilized in various fields such as
sensors, life sciences, and catalysis. In this study, AuNPs were synthesized using a …

Large-area metamaterial nanostructures of a Janus gold nanoparticle (AuNP) film decorated
with thiol-terminated polymers have been fabricated and tuned at an oil/water interface by a …

Water pollution from nitrophenol, a common nitrogen-containing aromatic pollutant, is
becoming increasingly significant. Making the conversion of nitrophenol to the less toxic and …

The rapid industrial growth has resulted in a surge in organic coloring agent contaminating
water bodies, necessitating urgent environmental remediation. In this work, we present a …

Well-defined thermoswitchable Janus gold nanoparticles with stimuli-responsive hydrophilic
polymer brushes were fabricated by combining ligand exchange reactions and the Langmuir …

The preparation of Janus plasmonic metal nanoparticles has remained challenging because
of their susceptibility to chemical etching and incompatibility with high-temperature …