| Issue |
Europhys. Lett.
Volume 55, Number 1, July 2001
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|---|---|---|
| Page(s) | 59 - 65 | |
| Section | Condensed matter: electronic structure, electrical, magnetic, and optical properties | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1209/epl/i2001-00381-x | |
| Published online | 01 December 2003 | |
Bridge hopping on conducting polymers in solution
1
Institute for Theoretical Physics,
University of California at Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, CA 93106, USA
2
Service de Physique Théorique,
CEA Saclay - 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
Received:
21
December
2000
Accepted:
26
April
2001
Configurational fluctuations of conducting polymers in solution can bring into proximity monomers which are distant from each other along the backbone. Electrons can hop between these monomers across the "bridges" so formed. We show how this can lead to i) a collapse transition for metallic polymers, and ii) to the observed dramatic efficiency of acceptor molecules for quenching fluorescence in semiconducting polymers.
PACS: 71.20.Rv – Polymers and organic compounds / 61.41.+e – Polymers, elastomers, and plastics
© EDP Sciences, 2001
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