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Liquid marble (LM) can be prepared by the adsorption of hydrophobic powder on the gas–liquid interface of a water droplet. Generally, LM is prepared using hydrophobic powder with a size of >100 nm....

Hairy particles consisting of polyisoprene-b-polystyrene (PI-b-PS) were synthesized by polymerization-induced self-assembly (PISA) based on a living anionic polymerization method. The molecular agg...

Millimeter-sized polystyrene particles coated with a hydrophobic polypyrrole overlayer were successfully synthesized by aqueous chemical oxidative seeded polymerization. The dried particles could e...

Anionic polymerization of methacrylate-functionalized ionic monomers, 2-(methacryloyloxy)ethyltrimethylammonium chloride (MTAC) and 3-(N-2-methacryloyloxyethyl-N,N-dimethyl)ammonatopropanesulfonate...

The present work describes the preparation of host-guest complex formation-responsive liquid marbles (LMs) composed of a water droplet and hydrophobic adamantane (AD) powder. The importance of hydr...

Near-monodisperse, submicrometer-sized, colloidally stable polyacid particles containing phosphate groups were synthesized by free radical dispersion polymerization of acid phosphoxy polyoxyethylen...

Thermo-responsive polymer-coated polystyrene particles with a diameter of 84 µm (PNIPAM@PS) were prepared. The hydrophobicity of the surface of the PNIPAM@PS can be controlled by changing the tempe...

Poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) (PEDOT) grains were synthesized by solvent-free chemical oxidative polymerization in one-step and one-pot manner. The resulting PEDOT grains had atypical shapes wit...

In this study, oxidation-responsive liquid marbles (LMs) were prepared using ferrocene powder and water. Hydrophobic ferrocene powder in reduced state adsorbs to the water droplet surface to form L...

Colloidally stable polystyrene (PS)–polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane (POSS) element-block polymer particles were fabricated by heterocoagulation method using negatively charged POSS and positively charged PS seed particles in water. POSS was adsorbed to the PS particle surface via electrostatic interaction and the resulting particles had PS core and POSS shell morphology.

40 micrometer-sized polystyrene particles coated by polymer shells with various hydrophilic–hydrophobic balances were synthesized by seeded dispersion polymerization and used as a foam stabilizer. ...

Thermoresponsive liquid marbles were prepared from water and 1-bromo-3-fluoro-4-iodobenzene (BFI) powder with a melting point of 46.5 °C. The liquid marble can be floated on the surface of bulk wat...

Aqueous bubbles stabilized solely by micrometer-sized, near-monodisperse, sterically stabilized polystyrene (PS) latex particles can be transformed into polymeric hollow microspheres containing air...

Near-infrared (NIR)-responsive liquid marbles were prepared using carbon nanotube (CNT) and fullerene (C60) powders. The liquid marbles were transferred to the surface of bulk water. The liquid mar...

Photoresponsive liquid marbles were prepared using spiropyran (SP) powder. The liquid marbles were transferred to a Petri dish containing water and remained stable on the water surface for more tha...

Methods of quantitative analysis in the system of ethanol-water were investigated using a heterocontact-type sensor consisted of semiconducting ceramics of copper oxide (CuO) and zinc oxide (ZnO). The current-voltage (I-V) characteristics of the heterocontact in the solutions changed depending on the ethanol concentration when measured at AC 50 Hz at room temperature. It was found that the ethanol concentration can be determined quantitatively by analyzing the shape of I-V hysteresis loop.

Poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene)–palladium nanocomposite was deposited in situ from water-based solution onto micrometer-sized polystyrene particles. The resulting composite particles were extensiv...

Aqueous chemical oxidative polymerization of pyrrole using PdCl2 oxidant was conducted in the presence of cetyltrimethylammonium bromide in order to synthesize polypyrrole–palladium (PPy–Pd) nanoco...

Gas sensitivity of CuO/ZnO hetero-contact was investigated at 160–340 °C. The gas sensitivity changed not only with the kind of gases and measuring temperature but with the voltage applied to the hetero-contact. Very high sensitivity and selectivity for CO gas was observed at 260 °C under the applied voltage of 0.1–0.9 V.