Are breather excitons the primary photoexcitations in conjugated polymers?

被引:8
作者
Kanner, GS [1 ]
Vardeny, ZV
Lanzani, G
Zheng, LX
机构
[1] No Arizona Univ, Dept Phys & Astron, Flagstaff, AZ 86011 USA
[2] Univ Utah, Dept Phys, Salt Lake City, UT 84112 USA
[3] Politecn Milan, Dipartimento Fis, I-20133 Milan, Italy
关键词
photoinduced absorption (PA); transient photoinduced resonant Raman scattering (TPRRS); breather exciton (BE);
D O I
10.1016/S0379-6779(00)00518-X
中图分类号
T [工业技术];
学科分类号
08 ;
摘要
We offer a new interpretation of photoexcitations in trans-polyacetylene and polydiacetylene-4BCMU. Based on the results of picosecond photoinduced absorption and resonant Raman scattering, we postulate that breather excitons may be the primary species photogenerated in these, and perhaps, other conjugated polymers. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
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页码:71 / 73
页数:3
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