| Issue |
Europhys. Lett.
Volume 66, Number 3, May 2004
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|---|---|---|
| Page(s) | 392 - 398 | |
| Section | Condensed matter: electronic structure, electrical, magnetic, and optical properties | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1209/epl/i2003-10218-8 | |
| Published online | 01 April 2004 | |
The impact of molecular polarization on the electronic properties of molecular semiconductors
1
Laboratoire d'Optoélectronique des Matériaux Moléculaires, Institut des matériaux École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne - 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
2
Centre de Physique Théorique, École polytechnique - 91128 Palaiseau Cedex, France
Corresponding author: libero.zuppiroli@epfl.ch
Received:
21
October
2003
Accepted:
26
February
2004
In a molecular semiconductor, the carrier is dressed with a polarization cloud that we treat as a quantum field of Frenkel excitons coupled to it. The consequences of the existence of this electronic polaron on the dynamics of an extra charge in a material like pentacene can thus be evaluated.
PACS: 72.80.Le – Polymers; organic compounds (including organic semiconductors) / 71.23.An – Theories and models; localized states / 33.15.Kr – Electric and magnetic moments (and derivatives), polarizability, and magnetic susceptibility
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