Photophysics of phenyl-substituted polyacetylenes, theory

Alok Shukla; Haranath Ghosh; Sumit Mazumdar

doi:10.1016/S0379-6779(00)00521-X

Photophysics of phenyl-substituted polyacetylenes, theory

Alok Shukla, Haranath Ghosh, Sumit Mazumdar

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We present a theoretical study of the electronic structures of poly-phenylacetylene (PPA) and poly-diphenylacetylene (PDPA). Strong photoluminescence (PL) in PDPA's is a consequence of the occurrence of the 2A_g two-photon state above the optical 1B_u, in spite of the polyene backbone. This reversed energy ordering (as compared to linear polyenes and trans-polyacetylene, t-PA) is a signature of reduced effective electron correlations in PPA and PDPA. The optical gaps of the substituted materials are smaller than polyenes of the same chain length.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	87-90
Number of pages	4
Journal	Synthetic Metals
Volume	116
Issue number	1-3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0379-6779(00)00521-X
State	Published - Jan 1 2001

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