Polarons and Bipolarons in Sigma-Conjugated Polymer Backbones
- 1 January 1988
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals Incorporating Nonlinear Optics
- Vol. 160 (1) , 433-442
- https://doi.org/10.1080/15421408808083037
Abstract
A coupled electron-lattice model of a saturated homopolymer, such as a poly(organosilylene), is introduced. It shows that the states available in the polymer backbone for the addition or excitation of electrons, or holes, are localized intragap states that are spontaneously generated by bond order polaron formation.Keywords
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