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Nature Materials 4, 759–763 (1 October 2005) | doi:10.1038/nmat1486

Biphasic Janus particles with nanoscale anisotropy

Kyung-Ho Roh , David C. Martin & Joerg Lahann

Advances in the field of nanotechnology have fuelled the vision of future devices spawned from tiny functional components that are able to assemble according to a master blueprint. In this concept, the controlled distribution of matter or |[lsquo]|patchiness|[rsquo]| is important for creating anisotropic building blocks and introduces an extra design parameter — beyond size and shape.