Issue 35-36, 2005

Design and synthesis of Janus micro- and nanoparticles

Abstract

Because the Roman god Janus was usually represented with two heads placed back to back, the term Janus is used for the description of particles whose surfaces of both hemispheres are different from a chemical point of view. So, they could be used as building blocks for supraparticular assemblies, as dual-functionalized devices, as particular surfactants if one hemisphere is hydrophilic and the other hydrophobic, etc. If they could allow the segregation of negative charges on one hemisphere and positive charges on the other one, they would display a giant dipole moment allowing their remote positioning by rotation in an electric field as a function of field polarity. This review deals with the great and imaginative efforts which were devoted to the synthesis of Janus particles in the last fifteen years. A special emphasis is made on scalable techniques and on those which apply to the preparation of Janus particles in the nanometer range. Specific properties and applications of Janus particles are discussed.

Graphical abstract: Design and synthesis of Janus micro- and nanoparticles

Article information

Article type
Feature Article
Submitted
12 Apr 2005
Accepted
28 Jun 2005
First published
25 Jul 2005

J. Mater. Chem., 2005,15, 3745-3760

Design and synthesis of Janus micro- and nanoparticles

A. Perro, S. Reculusa, S. Ravaine, E. Bourgeat-Lami and E. Duguet, J. Mater. Chem., 2005, 15, 3745 DOI: 10.1039/B505099E

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