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Dynamic structural evolution of soft colloidal monolayers under uniaxial compression

Vahan Abgarjan,a   Arkadiy Simonov,b   Keumkyung Kuk ORCID logo *ac  and  Matthias Kargad  

* Corresponding authors

a Institut für Physikalische Chemie I: Kolloide und Nanooptik, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Universitätsstr. 1, Düsseldorf, Germany

b Disordered Materials, Department of Materials, ETH Zürich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 5, Zürich, Switzerland

c Laboratory for Soft Materials and Interfaces, Department of Materials, ETH Zürich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 5, Zürich, Switzerland
E-mail: keumkyung.kuk@mat.ethz.ch

d Physikalische Chemie funktionaler Polymere, Institut für Chemie, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Von-Danckelmann-Platz 4, Halle (Saale), Germany

Abstract

Real-time small-angle light scattering of microgels at the air/water interface during Langmuir trough compression and expansion cycles reveals a reversible 30° reorientation of the hexagonal lattice, mediated by a metastable rectangular phase.

Graphical abstract: Dynamic structural evolution of soft colloidal monolayers under uniaxial compression

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/D6CC01855F
Article type
Communication
Submitted
26 Mar 2026
Accepted
11 May 2026
First published
12 May 2026
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY-NC license

Chem. Commun., 2026, Advance Article

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Dynamic structural evolution of soft colloidal monolayers under uniaxial compression

V. Abgarjan, A. Simonov, K. Kuk and M. Karg, Chem. Commun., 2026, Advance Article , DOI: 10.1039/D6CC01855F

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