Simulated snapshots of equilibrium configurations of a model of spherical colloidal Janus particles at different densities and temperatures. The two hemispheres of a Janus particle display different physical and/or chemical properties, giving rise to peculiar self-assembly behaviors.
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Phase Diagram of Janus ParticlesFrancesco Sciortino, Achille Giacometti, and Giorgio Pastore
Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 237801 (2009)
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