Research Article

Synthesis of Poly(styrene-acrylates-acrylic acid) Microspheres and Their Chemical Composition towards Colloidal Crystal Films

Table 4

Reflection peak position from photonic films made from polymeric microspheres having similar sizes reported in the literature.

ReferenceMicrosphereSize (nm)Peak reflection (nm)

[9]Poly(Sty-co-MMA-co-AA) core-shell244598
[25]Poly(MMA) crosslinked248525
[25]Poly(MMA) noncrosslinked235565
[17]Poly(Sty)240554
[26]Poly(Sty)250525
[27]Poly(Sty)250618

Composition of the microsphere.
Determined by DLS.