Issue 30, 2014

Soft Janus particles: ideal building blocks for template-free fabrication of two-dimensional exotic nanostructures

Abstract

The design and fabrication of two-dimensional (2D) well-ordered nanostructures by a facile and effective strategy remain a major scientific and technological challenge, hitherto achieved mainly through the aid of interfaces or substrates with an ordered arrangement. Here we introduce a new concept in achieving template-free fabrication of diverse 2D ordered nanostructures by utilizing anisotropic characteristics of soft triblock Janus particles. Our numerical investigation demonstrates how particle softness and controllable directional attraction interplay to generate a number of fascinating non-close-packed 2D nanostructures and even three-dimensional (3D) vesicles. These non-close-packed nanostructures are of great interest for scientific reasons and lead to promising applications in soft nanotechnology and biotechnology.

Graphical abstract: Soft Janus particles: ideal building blocks for template-free fabrication of two-dimensional exotic nanostructures

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
07 Apr 2014
Accepted
25 Apr 2014
First published
09 May 2014

Soft Matter, 2014,10, 5472-5477

Soft Janus particles: ideal building blocks for template-free fabrication of two-dimensional exotic nanostructures

Z. Li, Z. Lu and Z. Sun, Soft Matter, 2014, 10, 5472 DOI: 10.1039/C4SM00765D

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