Primary Photoexcitations In Conjugated Polymers: Molecular Exciton Versus Semiconductor Band Model


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This volume concentrates on the controversy within the scientific community over how to explain, understand and describe the photophysics/photochemistry of this class of materials.This controvery is of such a fundamental nature that the solution of the problem might be in a unification of the semiconductor and metal physics with the molecular quantum chemistry. Thus, a wide-ranging and comprehensive discussion of this very crucial issue has not been written down yet.This volume brings together the most prominent scientists specializing in this controversial topic. Each contributor addresses the opponents' arguments. After short introductory chapters, the contributors discuss their own speciality area and compare the results with both models and explain their position on why one of the models is more appropriate. Special emphasis is given to comparative discussions with other conjugated molecular systems as well as inorganic semiconductors.




Conjugated Polymers


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Many significant fundamental concepts and practical applications have developed since the publication of the best-selling second edition of the Handbook of Conducting Polymers. Now divided into two books, the third edition continues to retain the excellent expertise of the editors and world-renowned contributors while providing superior coverage of







Handbook of Conducting Polymers, 2 Volume Set


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Learn how recent advances are fueling new possibilities in textiles, optics, electronics, and biomedicine! As the field of conjugated, electrically conducting, and electroactive polymers has grown, the Handbook of Conducting Polymers has been there to document and celebrate these changes along the way. Now split into two vo




Physics of Organic Semiconductors


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Filling the gap in the literature currently available, this book presents an overview of our knowledge of the physics behind organic semiconductor devices. Contributions from 18 international research groups cover various aspects of this field, ranging from the growth of organic layers and crystals, their electronic properties at interfaces, their photophysics and electrical transport properties to the application of these materials in such different devices as organic field-effect transistors, photovoltaic cells and organic light-emitting diodes. From the contents: * Excitation Dynamics in Organic Semiconductors * Organic Field-Effect Transistors * Spectroscopy of Organic Semiconductors * Interfaces between Organic Semiconductors and Metals * Analysis and Modeling of Devices * Exciton Formation and Energy Transfer in Organic Light Emitting Diodes * Deposition and Characterization







Photophysical Studies of Pi-conjugated Oligomers and Polymers That Incorporate Inorganic MLCT Chromophores


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Abstract: The photophysics and photochemistry of several molecular series incorporating inorganic MLCT chromophores within pi-conjugated oligomers and polymers is presented, including photothermal measurements to determine nonradiative decay rates. Dissertation Discovery Company and University of Florida are dedicated to making scholarly works more discoverable and accessible throughout the world. This dissertation, "Photophysical Studies of Pi-conjugated Oligomers and Polymers That Incorporate Inorganic MLCT Chromophores" by Keith A. Walters, was obtained from University of Florida and is being sold with permission from the author. A digital copy of this work may also be found in the university's institutional repository, IR@UF. The content of this dissertation has not been altered in any way. We have altered the formatting in order to facilitate the ease of printing and reading of the dissertation.




Excited State Properties of Organic and Organometallic Oligomers, Polymers, and Materials and Their Solid-State Applications


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The goal of this research is to study the excited state dynamics of conjugated molecules, oligomers and polymers in the solid state and compare these photophysical properties to those found in solution. To study the triplet excited state dynamics of films a new nanosecond transient absorption instrumentation was developed. This instrument can detect transient absorption with ... A as low as of 10-3. Using this newly available instrumentation, it is possible to measure the triplet excited state dynamics so as to gain insight into several solid-state applications of photoactive molecules, oligomers, and polymers. A series of p-phenylene vinylene platinum acetylide complexes are studied for optical power limiting applications, and they are incorporated into poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) monoliths. The photophysical properties of the monoliths and Triplet-triplet annihilation in conjugated co-polymers containing phenylene and p-phenylene vinylene platinum acetylide units is observed and compared against representative "monomer" complexes using transient absorption spectroscopy as a function of increasing laser fluence of the excitation pulse. The interaction between conjugated polymer, MEH-PPV, and a trimeric perfluoro-ortho-phenylene mercury complex, Hg3 is investigated in solution and in films. Finally cationic oligomers are intercalated into a clay host, and the photophysical properties of the clay-oligomer hybrid are investigated in disperse solutions and in films.




Photophysics of Molecular Materials


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Carbon based pi-conjugated materials offer a broad range of applications, going from molecular electronics and single molecule devices to nanotechnology, plastic electronics and optoelectronics. The proper physical description of such materials is in between that of molecular solids and that of low-dimensional covalent semiconductors. This book is a comprehensive review of their elementary excitations processes and dynamics, which merges the two viewpoints, sometimes very different if not contrasting. In each chapter, a broad tutorial introduction provides a solid physical background to the topic, which is further discussed based on recent experimental results obtained via state-of-the-art techniques. Both the molecular, intra-chain character and the solid state, inter-molecular physics is addressed. Reports on single molecule and single polymer chain spectroscopy introduce the on-site phenomena. Several chapters are dedicated to nano-probes, steady state and transient spectroscopies. The highly ordered state, occurring in single crystals, is also discussed thoroughly. Finally, less conventional tools such as THz spectroscopy are discussed in detail. The book provides a useful introduction to the field for newcomers, and a valid reference for experienced researchers in the field.