Molecular orbital calculations of electronic excited states in poly(p-phenylene vinylene)

Jenwei Yu*, W. S. Fann, F. J. Kao, D. Y. Yang, S. H. Lin

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Abstract

The electronic structure of model oligomers (monomers, dimers, ..., hexamers) of poly(p-phenylene vinylene) were studied using the intermediate neglect of differential overlap method with spectroscopic parametrization (INDO/S). The calculated first singlet-to-singlet transitions compare favorably with the experimental spectra. The results from the exciton theory are also presented. Our results show that the conjugation length is finite and the interactions between polymer chains play a very important role in optical properties. The theoretical results for the triplet-to-triplet transitions are in accord with the experimental values, supporting the experimentally ascribed triplet-to-triplet photoinduced absorption feature in oligomers.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)143-148
Number of pages6
JournalSynthetic Metals
Volume66
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - 30 Sep 1994

Keywords

  • Excited states
  • Molecular orbital
  • Poly(p-phenylene vinylene)

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