Soft, Hard, and Hybrid Janus Structures

Synthesis, Self-Assembly, and Applications

This book investigates recent progress in synthesis of soft, hard and hybrid Janus structures and looks at processing strategy, such as emulsion polymerization, microfluidics, co-jetting and seeded growth. Also reviewed are both the experimental and theoretical studies on the unique self-assembly behaviour of Janus particles.

Janus particles are special types of nanoparticles whose surfaces have two or more distinct physical properties. These two hemistructures are of different composition and functionality, offering promising potential for application through the multiple combinations possible — areas in which Janus structures can be applied include drug delivery, magnetic biomarkers, bactericides, tailored plasmon resonance, photocatalysis and nanoengines. Encapsulating a wealth of research on Janus structures, this review of the literature is specifically designed to benefit graduate students and researchers in the fields of chemistry, materials science, engineering, biotechnology and applied physics, as well as practitioners in these industries.

Contents:

• Design, Synthesis, and Application of Anisotropic Janus Particles (Chengliang Zhang, Fuxin Liang, and Zhenzhong Yang)
• Synthesis and Applications of Polymeric Janus Nanoparticles (Hien T T Duong, Duc Nguyen, Chiara Neto, and Brian S Hawkett)
• Magnetically Active Asymmetric Nanoheterostructures Based on Colloidal All-Inorganic Multicomponent Nanocrystals (P Davide Cozzoli, Concetta Nobile, Riccardo Scarfiello, Luigi Carbone, and Angela Fior)
• Magnetic Anisotropic Particles: Synthesis and Applications (Xian Jun Loh and Boon Mian Teo)
• Facile Fabrication of Fe3O4–Polymer Anisotropic Magnetic Particles and Applications (Qiuyu Zhang, Baoliang Zhang, Hepeng Zhang, Lei Tian, Nisar Ali, Jiaojun Tan, Shenqiang Wang, Xiangkun Jia, and Mintao Qiao)
• Synthesis, Self-Assembly, and Applications of Amphiphilic Janus and Triblock Janus Nanoparticle Analogues (Yang Yang, Kyle Webb, Yijing Liu, Kun Liu, and Zhihong Nie)
• Janus Ellipsoids: Self-Assembly and Applications (Wei Li, Jeffrey M Rickman, Ya Liu, and James D Gunton)
• Soft, Hard, and Hybrid Janus Structures: Synthesis, Self-Assembly, and Applications — Catalytic Janus Swimmers (S Ebbens, J Howse, R Archer, D Gregory, A Campbell, and G Dunderdale)
• Janus Particles for Biomedical Applications (Yi Yi, Kwahun Lee, Lucero Sanchez, and Yan Yu)
• Janus Particles as Novel Building Blocks for Active Functional Surfaces and Interfaces (Alla Synytska and Alina Kirillova)

Readership: Graduate students and researchers in the fields of chemistry, materials science, engineering, biotechnology and applied physics, as well as practitioners in these industries.
Key Features:

• Recent review/new material
• Comprehensive coverage from synthesis to self-assembly to application
• Strictly biphasic soft and hard janus structures