title: Synthesis of nano/microstructures at fluid interfaces.
abstract: The generation of novel multifunctional materials with hierarchical ordering is a major focus of current materials science and engineering. For such endeavors, fluid interfaces, such as air-liquid and liquid-liquid interfaces, offer ideal platforms where nanoparticles or colloidal particles can accumulate and self-assemble. Different assembly processes and reactions have been performed at fluid interfaces to generate hierarchical structures, including two-dimensional crystalline films, colloidosomes, raspberry-like core-shell structures, and Janus particles, which lead to broad applications in drug delivery and controlled release, nanoelectronics, sensors, food supplements, and cosmetics.
authors.affiliation: Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, No.2 Beiyitiao Street, Zhongguancun, Beijing 100190, China.
authors.forename: Zhongwei
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Niu
authors.forename: Jinbo
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: He
authors.forename: Thomas P
authors.initials: TP
authors.lastname: Russell
authors.forename: Qian
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Wang