Janus particles: synthesis, self-assembly, physical properties, and applications

A Walther, AHE Muller - Chemical reviews, 2013 - ACS Publications
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 …

Nanoprecipitation as a simple and straightforward process to create complex polymeric colloidal morphologies

X Yan, J Bernard, F Ganachaud - Advances in Colloid and Interface …, 2021 - Elsevier
Polymeric nanoparticles are highly important functional nanomaterials for a large range of
applications from therapeutics to energy. Advances in nanotechnology have enabled the …

Thermostability, tunability, and tenacity of RNA as rubbery anionic polymeric materials in nanotechnology and nanomedicine—specific cancer targeting with …

DW Binzel, X Li, N Burns, E Khan, WJ Lee… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
RNA nanotechnology is the bottom-up self-assembly of nanometer-scale architectures,
resembling LEGOs, composed mainly of RNA. The ideal building material should be (1) …

Strictly biphasic soft and hard Janus structures: synthesis, properties, and applications

X Pang, C Wan, M Wang, Z Lin - … Chemie International Edition, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Janus structures, named after the ancient two‐faced Roman god Janus, comprise two
hemistructures (eg hemispheres) with different compositions and functionalities. Much …

[PDF][PDF] Frustrated phases of block copolymers in nanoparticles

T Higuchi, A Tajima, K Motoyoshi, H Yabu… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2008 - academia.edu
Microphase separation structures of block copolymers have attracted much interest as novel
building blocks for the creation of nanometer-scale structures. In block copolymer films …

Confined self-assembly of block copolymers within emulsion droplets: a perspective

M Peng, D Hu, X Chang, Y Zhu - The Journal of Physical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
When the self-assembly of block copolymers (BCPs) occurs within organic emulsion
droplets in the aqueous phase, the strong structural frustration of BCP chains causes the …

Bulk synthesis of Janus objects and asymmetric patchy particles

G Loget, A Kuhn - Journal of Materials Chemistry, 2012 - pubs.rsc.org
This review article highlights the most recent advances with respect to the preparation of
Janus objects by bulk phase processes. Historically most of the concepts developed for …

Insights into the synthesis and mechanism of green synthesized antimicrobial nanoparticles, answer to the multidrug resistance

D Sharma, P Shandilya, NK Saini, P Singh… - Materials Today …, 2021 - Elsevier
Emergence of the multidrug resistant human pathogenic strains is posing a serious health
challenge. Resistant strains carry mutations which help them to resist conventional drugs …

Spontaneous formation of polymer nanoparticles with inner micro-phase separation structures

T Higuchi, A Tajima, H Yabu, M Shimomura - Soft Matter, 2008 - pubs.rsc.org
We demonstrate the preparation of particles with a variety of inner structures from block-
copolymers and polymer blends by using a simple solvent evaporation process. One …

Frustrated phases: polymeric self-assemblies in a 3D confinement

H Yabu, T Higuchi, H Jinnai - Soft matter, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
This paper reviews recent progress concerning polymeric self-assemblies in confined
spaces, including phase-separated structures of polymer blends and block copolymers …