Designing sites in heterogeneous catalysis: are we reaching selectivities competitive with those of homogeneous catalysts?

F Zaera - Chemical Reviews, 2022 - ACS Publications
A critical review of different prominent nanotechnologies adapted to catalysis is provided,
with focus on how they contribute to the improvement of selectivity in heterogeneous …

Multiphase microreactors based on liquid–liquid and gas–liquid dispersions stabilized by colloidal catalytic particles

D Dedovets, Q Li, L Leclercq… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Pickering emulsions, foams, bubbles, and marbles are dispersions of two immiscible liquids
or of a liquid and a gas stabilized by surface‐active colloidal particles. These systems can …

Research advances in the synthesis, application, assembly, and calculation of Janus materials

Y Duan, X Zhao, M Sun, H Hao - Industrial & Engineering …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Janus materials with anisotropy shapes and chemical compositions, including Janus
particles, Janus nanosheets, and Janus membranes, have a great significance in the …

The role of fibril structure and surface hydrophobicity in secondary nucleation of amyloid fibrils

D Thacker, K Sanagavarapu, B Frohm… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
Crystals, nanoparticles, and fibrils catalyze the generation of new aggregates on their
surface from the same type of monomeric building blocks as the parent assemblies. This …

[HTML][HTML] Janus nanoparticle synthesis: Overview, recent developments, and applications

N Safaie, RC Ferrier - Journal of Applied Physics, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
Janus nanoparticles (JNPs) have two faces with differing physical or chemical
characteristics which endow them with unique properties. This anisotropy can lead to …

Anisotropic Janus materials: from micro-/nanostructures to applications

Z Peng, J Huang, Z Guo - Nanoscale, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Janus materials have led to great achievements in recent years owing to their unique
asymmetric structures and properties. In this review, recent advances of Janus materials …

Synthesis of polymer Janus particles with tunable wettability profiles as potent solid surfactants to promote gas delivery in aqueous reaction media

BD Frank, M Perovic, S Djalali… - … Applied Materials & …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Janus particles exhibit a strong tendency to directionally assemble and segregate to
interfaces and thus offer advantages as colloidal analogues of molecular surfactants to …

Highly selective catalysis at the liquid–liquid interface microregion

Y Zhang, R Ettelaie, BP Binks, H Yang - ACS Catalysis, 2021 - ACS Publications
Liquid–liquid interfaces in principle have the potential to regulate the selectivity of chemical
reactions because of highly anisotropic microenvironments but have not yet been well …

Recyclable 2D colloid surfactants with high catalytic activities at pickering emulsion interfaces

B Seo, M Sung, BJ Park, JW Kim - Advanced Functional …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
This study introduces a novel 2D colloid surfactant system that exhibits catalytic activity at
the interface of a reactant‐containing water‐in‐oil Pickering emulsion microreactor. To this …

Preparation and applications of freestanding Janus nanosheets

Y Chen, Y Liang, L Wang, M Guan, Y Zhu, X Yue… - Nanoscale, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
In the family of Janus nanomaterials, Janus nanosheets possess not only the advantages of
Janus nanomaterials, but also the advantages of two-dimensional nanosheets, endowing …