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Optimization of Emulsion Polymerization Bull. Korean Chem. Soc. 2010, Vol. 31, No. 7 1891 DOI 10.5012/bkcs.2010.31.7.1891 Optimization of Emulsion Polymerization for Submicron-Sized Polymer Colloids towards Tunable Synthetic Opals Seulgi Kim, Young Gon Seo, Youngjin Cho, Jinsub Shin, Seung Chul Gil, and Wonmok Lee* * Department of Chemistry, Sejong University, Seoul 143-747, Korea. E-mail: wonmoklee@sejong.ac.kr Received September 14, 2009, Accepted May 4, 2010 Submicron-sized polymeric colloidal particles can self assemble into 3-dimensional (3D) opal structure which is a useful template for photonic crystal. Narrowly dispersed polymer microspheres can be synthesized by emulsion polymerization in water using water-soluble radical initiator. In this report, we demonstrate a facile and reproducible emulsion poly- merization method to prepare various polymeric microspheres within 200 - 400 nm size ranges which can be utilized as colloidal photonic crystal template. By controlling the amount of monomer and surfactant, monodisperse polymer coll- oids of polystyrene (PS) and acrylates with various sizes were successfully prepared without complicated synthetic pro- cedures. Such polymer colloids self-assembled into 3D opal structure exhibiting bright colors by reflection of visible light. The colloidal particles and the resulting opal structures were rigorously characterized, and the wavelength of the structural c