Solitons or not in polyacetylene (and does it matter?)

A. J. Heeger, G. Blanchet, T. C. Chung, C. R. Fincher

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Abstract

The results of a series of experiments are described which demonstrate that solitons are the important excitations in trans-(CH)x and that the properties of these non-linear excitations can be directly studied through measurements on trans-(CH)x samples, either during photoexcitation of after doping. The importance of these concepts in the more general context of conducting polymers is addressed. Although the two-fold degenerate ground state of trans-(CH)x is quite special, the relevant concepts can be generalized to confined soliton pairs (bipolarons) and applied to a wide variety of conjugated polymers in which the ground state degeneracy is not present.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)173-184
Number of pages12
JournalSynthetic Metals
Volume9
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Apr 1984

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
  • Condensed Matter Physics
  • Mechanics of Materials
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Metals and Alloys
  • Materials Chemistry

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