Impelled by the need to find solutions to new challenges of modern technologies new
materials with unique properties are being explored. Among various new materials that …

Symmetric shapes and patterns are fascinating and preferred by humans as symmetric
stimuli of any kind are more easily processed by the visual systems than their asymmetric …

Although the concept of Janus particles was raised in the early 1990s, the related research
has not attracted considerable interest until recently due to the special properties and …

Research on Janus nanoparticles has been thriving over the past few years, focusing both
on novel preparation strategies and on investigations of their unique properties. In this paper …

Janus nanoarchitectures, an emerging class of nanostructures named after the Roman god
having two faces, have been considered as a fascinating class of nanomaterials for …

Janus particles, named after the two-faced Roman god Janus, have different surface
makeups, structures or compartments on two sides. This review highlights recent advances …

Janus or anisotropic colloidal particles comprising of at least two components of different
chemistry, functionality, and/or polarity have attracted attentions in a wide range of …

Janus structures, named after the ancient two‐faced Roman god Janus, comprise two
hemistructures (eg hemispheres) with different compositions and functionalities. Much …

Ferrofluids (FFs) or magnetic nanofluids are incredible smart materials consisting of ultrafine
magnetic nanoparticles suspended in a liquid carrier medium, which exhibit both fluidity and …

This review article highlights the most recent advances with respect to the preparation of
Janus objects by bulk phase processes. Historically most of the concepts developed for …