Symmetric shapes and patterns are fascinating and preferred by humans as symmetric
stimuli of any kind are more easily processed by the visual systems than their asymmetric …

Although the concept of Janus particles was raised in the early 1990s, the related research
has not attracted considerable interest until recently due to the special properties and …

Research on Janus nanoparticles has been thriving over the past few years, focusing both
on novel preparation strategies and on investigations of their unique properties. In this paper …

Compartmentalization is ubiquitous to many biological and artificial systems, be it for the
separate storage of incompatible matter or to isolate transport processes. Advancements in …

Polymeric nanoparticles are highly important functional nanomaterials for a large range of
applications from therapeutics to energy. Advances in nanotechnology have enabled the …

Colloidal particles with controlled shape and internal structure have attracted great attention
due to their novel morphologies and various potential applications. Among the diverse …

Janus nanoarchitectures, an emerging class of nanostructures named after the Roman god
having two faces, have been considered as a fascinating class of nanomaterials for …

Block copolymers are a class of soft matter that self-assemble to form ordered morphologies
at nanometer scales, making them ideal materials for various applications. The self …

Control of interfacial interactions leads to a dramatic change in shape and morphology for
particles based on poly (styrene-b-2-vinylpyridine) diblock copolymers. Key to these …

Janus particles are a unique class of multifunctional patchy particles combining two
dissimilar chemical or physical functionalities at their opposite sides. The asymmetry …