| Abstract
| - Polymer-on-polymer stamping, the direct transfer of polyelectrolytes to oppositely charged surfaces, hasbeen used to create alternate regions of “plus/minus (+/−)” charge on surfaces for the fabrication of colloidalparticle arrays. Here, new approaches are also presented to create two types of smaller-scale patterns, ringpatterns and small-dot patterns, by tuning the stamping conditions and stamp pretreatment. This methodprovides a means of forming numerous micron to submicron scale arrays atop a polyelectrolyte multilayersurface on substrates ranging from glass and silicon to plastic. Direct stamping of a polyelectrolyte atopsolid charged surfaces such as silicon oxide may also be used to template colloid deposition.
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