A lotus leaf inspired Janus hybrid film was exquisitely fabricated through a self-assembly process on the water/air interface with subsequent in situ asymmetric modification at the oil/water interface. The interfacial asymmetric decoration strategy thus provides a novel pathway for achieving a 2D Janus hybrid film with asymmetric wettability and functionality.
The traditional emulsification theory is enriched by a self-assembly approach, in which hydrophilic copolymers with one block exhibiting electrostatic or hydrogen-bonding forces with the oil phase self-assemble at the oil–water interface, thereby reducing interfacial tension and forming emulsions.
A toluene–water planar interface has been used as an ideal template for the self-assembly of a nanoneedle Cu(0)/CuS nanohybrid thin film and Cu(0)/CuS nanoneedles as efficient catalysts for dye degradation.
A microgel monolayer at the oil–water interface is prepared using two adsorption methods and visualized by cryo-SEM and AFM methods. Hexagonal microgel arrays of different degrees of ordering are gained.
A toluene–water planar interface has been used as an ideal template for the self-assembly of a Pd/3-(aminomethyl) pyridine-reduced graphene oxide nanohybrid.
Dual catalytic microcapsules (MCs) were fabricated by simultaneous self-assembly and cross-linking of mpg-C3N4 nanoparticles (NPs) and lipase conjugates at oil–water interface.
In the present work, the evaporation-induced interfacial self-assembly behavior of an amphiphilic conjugated polymer, poly(3-hexylthiophene)-b-poly(acrylic acid) (P3HT-b-PAA), at the oil–water interface is explored.
Large-scale self-assembly of hydrophilic gold nanoparticles at oil/water interface and their electro-oxidation for nitric oxide in solution