EXCITONS AND BIEXCITONS IN POLY(PARA-PHENYLENEVINYLENE)

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CHANDROSS, M [1 ]
GUO, F [1 ]
MAZUMDAR, S [1 ]
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[1] UNIV ARIZONA,CTR OPT SCI,TUCSON,AZ 85721
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10.1016/0379-6779(94)02595-P
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T [工业技术];
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The Huckel model fails to describe optical absorption in PPV and its derivatives, and explicit inclusion of moderate electron-electron interactions is essential for a proper theoretical description. The lowest optical state is an exciton with a binding energy estimated as 0.90 +/- 0.15 eV, in excellent agreement with experiment. Such a large exciton binding energy strongly suggests stable biexcitons. The concept of biexcitons in pi-conjugated polymers is introduced, and picosecond photoinduced absorption is explained as excited state absorption from the exciton to the biexciton.
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