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 …

The development of biomaterials for drug delivery, tissue engineering and medical
diagnostics has traditionally been based on new chemistries. However, there is growing …

A revolution in novel nanoparticles and colloidal building blocks has been enabled by
recent breakthroughs in particle synthesis. These new particles are poised to become the …

Colloidal particles may be considered as building blocks for materials, just like atoms are the
bricks of molecules, macromolecules, and crystals. Periodic arrays of colloids (colloidal …

Photonic crystals have proven their potential and are nowadays a familiar concept. They
have been approached from many scientific and technological flanks. Among the many …

Janus particles, colloid‐sized particles with two regions of different surface chemical
composition, possess energetic interactions that depend not only on their separation but …

The site‐specific engineering of colloidal surfaces has provided a powerful approach to
pushing the boundaries of today's materials research. The resulting surface‐anisotropic and …

Crystal phase, an intrinsic characteristic of crystalline materials, is one of the key parameters
to determine their physicochemical properties. Recently, great progress has been made in …

Small solid particles adsorbed at liquid interfaces arise in many industrial products and
process, such as anti-foam formulations, crude oil emulsions and flotation. They act in many …

Nanoparticles have been a research focus for more than two decades. The advent of
microfluidic technology provides alternative strategies for the synthesis of nanoparticles in …