Building Functional Liquid‐Based Interfaces: From Mechanism to Application

Y Fan, X Huang, J Ji, W Zhang, J Zhang… - Angewandte …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Functional liquid‐based interfaces, with their inhomogeneous regions that emphasize the
functionalized liquids, have attracted much interest as a versatile platform for a broad …

Recent Advances of Stimuli-Responsive Liquid–Liquid Interfaces Stabilized by Nanoparticles

Q Yi, L Liu, G Xie - ACS nano, 2024 - ACS Publications
Liquid–liquid interfaces offer highly controlled, flexible, and adaptable platforms for precise
molecular assemblies, enabling the construction of sophisticated functional materials …

Self‐Propulsion by Directed Explosive Emulsification

X Wu, H Xue, G Bordia, Z Fink, PY Kim… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
An active droplet system, programmed to repeatedly move autonomously at a specific
velocity in a well‐defined direction, is demonstrated. Coulombic energy is stored in …

Oversaturating Liquid Interfaces with Nanoparticle‐Surfactants

X Wu, H Xue, Z Fink, BA Helms, PD Ashby… - Angewandte …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Assemblies of nanoparticles at liquid interfaces hold promise as dynamic “active” systems
when there are convenient methods to drive the system out of equilibrium via crowding. To …

Magnetic Janus Particles: Synthesis and Multifunctional Applications

X Tan, Y Song, C Wan, C Huang… - Macromolecular Rapid …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Magnetic Janus particles (MJPs) with compositional compartmentalization and
strong magnetic responsiveness play a pivotal role in various application fields, such as …

From Micromotors to Solid Surfactants: Synthesis and Applications of Heterogeneous Polymer Particles

AM McGlasson - 2024 - scholarworks.umass.edu
Colloid science has classically concerned itself with the investigation of properties of
dispersed phases in a bulk medium. This has led to the development of a rich amount of …