Abstract
Interchain hopping of bipolarons (doubly charged defects) is discussed as a mechanism for spinless conductivity in doped polyacetylene, doped poly(p-phenylene), and other doped polymers. It is shown that this mechanism can account for the observed dopant-concentration dependence of the conductivity in trans-polyacetylene and the observation of anomalously low magnetic susceptibilities in the highly conducting regime of several doped polymers.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 4491-4495 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Physical Review B |
| Volume | 29 |
| Issue number | 8 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 1984 |
| Externally published | Yes |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Condensed Matter Physics