Application of Janus Particles in Point-of-Care Testing [PDF]
Biosensors, 2022 Janus particles (JPs), named after the two-faced Roman god, are asymmetric particles with different chemical properties or polarities. JPs have been widely used in the biomedical field in recent years, including as drug carriers for targeted controlled ...
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Development of Janus Particles as Potential Drug Delivery Systems for Diabetes Treatment and Antimicrobial Applications [PDF]
Pharmaceutics, 2023 Janus particles have emerged as a novel and smart material that could improve pharmaceutical formulation, drug delivery, and theranostics. Janus particles have two distinct compartments that differ in functionality, physicochemical properties, and ...
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Janus particles with tunable patch symmetry and their assembly into chiral colloidal clusters [PDF]
Nature Communications, 2023 Janus particles, which have an attractive patch on the otherwise repulsive surface, have been commonly employed for anisotropic colloidal assembly. While current methods of particle synthesis allow for control over the patch size, they are generally ...
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Amphiphilic Bowl-Shaped Janus Particles Prepared via Thiol–Ene Click Reaction for Effective Oil–Water Separation [PDF]
Nanomaterials, 2023 Janus particles for oil–water separation have attracted widespread attention in recent years. Herein, we prepared a bowl-shaped Janus particle that could rapidly separate oil and water through a thiol–ene click reaction and selective etching.
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Evanescent field trapping and propulsion of Janus particles along optical nanofibers [PDF]
Nature Communications, 2023 Manipulation of Janus particles is challenging and has limited precision. Here, the authors propose manipulation of Janus particles by optical forces in the evanescent field of an optical nanofiber, and demonstrate that they exhibit strong transverse ...
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Substrate wettability guided oriented self assembly of Janus particles [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2021 Self-assembly of Janus particles with spatial inhomogeneous properties is of fundamental importance in diverse areas of sciences and has been extensively observed as a favorably functionalized fluidic interface or in a dilute solution. Interestingly, the
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Driven Engulfment of Janus Particles by Giant Vesicles in and out of Thermal Equilibrium [PDF]
Nanomaterials, 2022 The interaction between Janus colloids and giant lipid vesicles was experimentally investigated to elucidate the dynamics and mechanisms related to microparticle engulfment by lipid vesicles.
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Active Janus particles in a complex plasma [PDF]
Physical Review Research, 2020 Active Janus particles suspended in a plasma were studied experimentally. The Janus particles were micron-size plastic microspheres, one half of which was coated with a thin layer of platinum. They were suspended in the plasma sheath of a radio-frequency
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Optical levitation of Janus particles within focused cylindrical vector beams [PDF]
NanophotonicsThe confinement and manipulation of Janus particles have recently garnered significant interest due to their potential applications in fields such as nanotechnology and biophysics, where, under specific circumstances, they can act as microengines and ...
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Janus Particles at Fluid Interfaces: Stability and Interfacial Rheology [PDF]
Nanomaterials, 2021 The use of the Janus motif in colloidal particles, i.e., anisotropic surface properties on opposite faces, has gained significant attention in the bottom-up assembly of novel functional structures, design of active nanomotors, biological sensing and ...
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