Polarons and bipolarons in polypyrrole: Evolution of the band structure and optical spectrum upon doing
- 15 July 1984
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review B
- Vol. 30 (2) , 1023-1025
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.30.1023
Abstract
We present the results of tight-binding band-structure calculations on a deformable polypyrrole chain, as a function of doping. The states which are produced are polarons and bipolarons whose excitation spectrum explains the optical-absorption data.Keywords
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