A Surfactant-Free and Shape-Controlled Synthesis of Nonspherical Janus Particles with Thermally Tunable Amphiphilicity
- Authors
- Park, Ji Hoon; Han, Nuri; Song, Ji Eun; Cho, Eun Chul
- Issue Date
- Feb-2017
- Publisher
- WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
- Keywords
- amphiphiles; Janus nonspherical colloids; Pickering emulsion; stimuli-sensitive amphiphilicity; surfactant-free
- Citation
- MACROMOLECULAR RAPID COMMUNICATIONS, v.38, no.3, pp.1 - 8
- Indexed
- SCIE
SCOPUS
- Journal Title
- MACROMOLECULAR RAPID COMMUNICATIONS
- Volume
- 38
- Number
- 3
- Start Page
- 1
- End Page
- 8
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/hanyang/handle/2021.sw.hanyang/152952
- DOI
- 10.1002/marc.201600621
- ISSN
- 1022-1336
- Abstract
- A surfactant-free approach is proposed to synthesize nonspherical Janus particles with temperature-dependent wettability on hydrophobic surfaces. Sub-micrometer-sized particles comprising poly(styrene-co-divinylbenzene) core and a thermally responsive poly(N-isopropylacrylamide- co-methacrylic acid) shell are first synthesized to stabilize styrene droplets in water, producing a Pickering emulsion. Upon heating to 80 degrees C and subsequent addition of initiators to the aqueous phase, styrene droplets are polymerized and combine with the core-shell particles to construct dumbbell-shaped nonspherical particles. The shape of the nonspherical particles is controllable by adjusting the equilibrium time of the Pickering emulsion at 80 degrees C, which is conducted prior to polymerization. The mechanism of formation is discussed in more detail. Since molecular surfactants or stabilizers are not used during the synthesis, the present nonspherical particles well exhibit their own temperature-dependent amphiphilic characteristics. The aqueous dispersion containing the dumbbell-shaped particles alters its wettability on hydrophobic polymer surfaces according to temperature changes, demonstrating its temperature-dependent amphiphilicity change.
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