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 …

Optical microscopy techniques have emerged as a cornerstone of biomedical research,
capable of probing the cellular functions of a vast range of substrates, whilst being minimally …

Janus particles represent a unique group of patchy particles combining two or more different
physical or chemical functionalities at their opposite sides. Especially, individual Janus …

Complex microparticles (MPs) bearing unique characteristics such as well-tailored sizes,
various morphologies, and multi-compartments have been attempted to be produced by …

Polymeric Janus nanoparticles with two sides of incompatible chemistry have received
increasing attention due to their tunable asymmetric structure and unique material …

The past decade has witnessed significant advancements in stimuli-responsive shape
changing polymers. The reversible switching transition is the most important feature of …

One-step dual-shape memory polymers (SMPs) recover their original (permanent) shape
upon small variation of environmental conditions such as temperature, electric field, light …

Developing advanced tools for multicomponent analysis is an open challenge in
engineering and life science. Herein, multicompartmental hydrogel microspheres with multi …

Polymer particles with controlled internal architecture are currently under development for a
number of emerging applications. In compartmentalized particles, well-defined pockets of …

We report a method to synthesize and image Janus spheroid and “kayak” shaped patchy
particles that combine both shape and interaction anisotropy. These particles are fabricated …