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[[Image:Janus.png|thumb|right| Artists impression of a Janus particle]]  
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'''Janus particles'''
'''Janus particles''' are particles consisting of (at least) two parts with different interactions. For example, the typical Janus particle is a sphere which has a short-range attraction on one half of the particle, but is purely repulsive on the other side. However, the term has also been used for non-spherical particles. The name derives from the two-faced Roman god Janus. Janus particles can be considered as a one-patch [[Patchy particles|patchy particle]].
 
Experimentally, the different interactions can be achieved by (for example) making the two parts of the surface hydrophobic and hydrophilic, positively and negatively charged, or smooth and rough (leading to different interactions in the presence of [[Depletion force|depletants]]). In simulations, these particles are often modeled using the [[Kern and Frenkel patchy model|Kern-Frenkel]] interaction potential.
 
==Phase diagram==
==Phase diagram==
<ref>[http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.103.237801 Francesco Sciortino, Achille Giacometti, and Giorgio Pastore "Phase Diagram of Janus Particles", Physical Review Letters '''103''' 237801 (2009)]</ref>
<ref>[http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.103.237801 Francesco Sciortino, Achille Giacometti, and Giorgio Pastore "Phase Diagram of Janus Particles", Physical Review Letters '''103''' 237801 (2009)]</ref>
<ref>[http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4801438 Teun Vissers, Zdeněk Preisler, Frank Smallenburg, Marjolein Dijkstra, and Francesco Sciortino "Predicting crystals of Janus colloids", Journal of Chemical Physics '''138''', 164505 (2013)]</ref>
==See also==
==See also==
*[[Dipolar Janus particles]]
*[[Dipolar Janus particles]]
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*[http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3177238 Steve Granick, Shan Jiang, and Qian Chen "Janus particles", Physics Today '''62''' pp. 68-69 (July 2009)]
*[http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3177238 Steve Granick, Shan Jiang, and Qian Chen "Janus particles", Physics Today '''62''' pp. 68-69 (July 2009)]
*[http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4707954 Gerald Rosenthal, Keith E. Gubbins, and Sabine H. L. Klapp "Self-assembly of model amphiphilic Janus particles", Journal of Chemical Physics '''136''' 174901 (2012)]
*[http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4707954 Gerald Rosenthal, Keith E. Gubbins, and Sabine H. L. Klapp "Self-assembly of model amphiphilic Janus particles", Journal of Chemical Physics '''136''' 174901 (2012)]
*[http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4793626  Miguel Ángel G. Maestre, Riccardo Fantoni, Achille Giacometti, and Andrés Santos "Janus fluid with fixed patch orientations: Theory and simulations", Journal of Chemical Physics '''138''' 094904 (2013)]
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[[category: phase diagrams]]

Latest revision as of 21:17, 2 November 2013

Artists impression of a Janus particle

Janus particles are particles consisting of (at least) two parts with different interactions. For example, the typical Janus particle is a sphere which has a short-range attraction on one half of the particle, but is purely repulsive on the other side. However, the term has also been used for non-spherical particles. The name derives from the two-faced Roman god Janus. Janus particles can be considered as a one-patch patchy particle.

Experimentally, the different interactions can be achieved by (for example) making the two parts of the surface hydrophobic and hydrophilic, positively and negatively charged, or smooth and rough (leading to different interactions in the presence of depletants). In simulations, these particles are often modeled using the Kern-Frenkel interaction potential.

Phase diagram[edit]

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See also[edit]

References[edit]

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