Near-zero surface pressure assembly of rectangular lattices of microgels at fluid interfaces for colloidal lithography Fernández Rodríguez, Miguel Angel Understanding and engineering the self-assembly of soft colloidal particles (microgels) at liquid–liquid interfaces is broadening their use in colloidal lithography. Here, we present a new route to assemble rectangular lattices of microgels at near zero surface pressure relying on the balance between attractive quadrupolar capillary interactions and steric repulsion among the particles at water/oil interfaces. These self-assembled rectangular lattices are obtained for a broad range of particles and, after deposition, can be used as lithography masks to obtain regular arrays of vertically aligned nanowires via wet and dry etching processes. 2021-03-12T08:22:09Z 2021-03-12T08:22:09Z 2021 info:eu-repo/semantics/article Soft Matter, 2021, 17, 335 [doi: 10.1039/d0sm01823f] http://hdl.handle.net/10481/67127 10.1039/d0sm01823f eng http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/ info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Atribución 3.0 España ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY