Conformational disorder of conjugated polymers: Implications for optical properties

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 104, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1245-1253

  Yaliraki, Sophia N ^a   Silbey, Robert J ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFORMATIONS; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; PROBABILITY; TORSIONAL STRESS;

CONFORMATIONAL DISORDER; CONJUGATION INTERACTIONS; HAMILTONIAN; MOLECULAR SEGMENT BREAKS; STERIC INTERACTIONS; TORSIONAL MOTION;

ORGANIC POLYMERS;

EID: 0029733670     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.470782     Document Type: Article

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