Abstract
Materials with asymmetric structures are attractive for wide applications in chemistry and materials science. Two-dimensional Janus disks or nanosheets are particularly appealing because of the unique shape and the distinctive self-assembled structures. A facile and versatile method for the synthesis of amphiphilic Janus Laponite disks is proposed in this paper. Positively charged PS spheres were prepared by ATRP emulsion polymerization. Upon addition of aqueous dispersion of negatively charged Laponite disks into PS emulsions, the nanosized disks were adsorbed onto the surface of PS particles via electrostatic interaction. One side of a Laponite disk touches the surface of a colloidal particle, and the other side faces the medium. After addition of positively charged polymeric micelles or quaternized poly(2-(dimethylamino)ethyl methacrylate) (q-PDMAEMA) chains into the aqueous dispersions of the colloidal particles, the micelles or polymer chains were immobilized onto the Laponite disks, and Janus disks ...
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