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 …

Fabrication, properties and applications of Janus particles

J Hu, S Zhou, Y Sun, X Fang, L Wu - Chemical Society Reviews, 2012 - pubs.rsc.org
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 …

Facile, solution-based synthesis of soft, nanoscale Janus particles with tunable Janus balance

AH Gröschel, A Walther, TI Löbling… - Journal of the …, 2012 - ACS Publications
We present a novel, versatile, and simple solution-based routine to produce soft, nanosized
Janus particles with tunable structural and physical properties at high volume yield. This …

Improving Paclitaxel Delivery: In Vitro and In Vivo Characterization of PEGylated Polyphosphoester-Based Nanocarriers

F Zhang, S Zhang, SF Pollack, R Li… - Journal of the …, 2015 - ACS Publications
Nanomaterials have great potential to offer effective treatment against devastating diseases
by providing sustained release of high concentrations of therapeutic agents locally …

Janus particles: from synthesis to application

E Poggi, JF Gohy - Colloid and Polymer Science, 2017 - Springer
Janus particles have built momentum in the last years owing to their unique structure and
properties. In this review, we present an overview of the advances in the field of non …

Rapid and versatile construction of diverse and functional nanostructures derived from a polyphosphoester-based biomimetic block copolymer system

S Zhang, J Zou, F Zhang, M Elsabahy… - Journal of the …, 2012 - ACS Publications
A rapid and efficient approach for the preparation and modification of a versatile class of
functional polymer nanoparticles has been developed, for which the entire engineering …

Clickable janus particles

LC Bradley, KJ Stebe, D Lee - Journal of the American Chemical …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Janus particles are colloidal analogues of molecular amphiphiles that can self-assemble to
form diverse suprastructures, exhibit motility under appropriate catalytic reactions, and …

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 …

Facile synthesis of clickable, water-soluble, and degradable polyphosphoesters

S Zhang, A Li, J Zou, LY Lin, KL Wooley - ACS macro letters, 2012 - ACS Publications
“Click” chemistry is a library of efficient and reliable reactions, which have been used to
functionalize various classes of bio-and synthetic macromolecular systems for the …

Multifunctional nanoworms and nanorods through a one-step aqueous dispersion polymerization

Z Jia, VA Bobrin, NP Truong, M Gillard… - Journal of the …, 2014 - ACS Publications
Producing synthetic soft worm and rod structures with multiple chemical functionalities on
the surface would provide potential utility in drug delivery, nanoreactors, tissue engineering …