Polaron pair versus bipolaron on oligothiophene chains: A theoretical study of the singlet and triplet states

ChemPhysChem

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 498-505

  Geskin, Victor M ^a   Brédas, Jean Luc ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONS   (Belgium)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Ab initio calculations; Conjugation; Oligothiophene; Polaron; Radical ions; Semiempirical calculations

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; ORGANIC POLYMERS;

AB INITIO CALCULATIONS; CONJUGATION; OLIGOTHIOPHENES; RADICAL IONS; SEMI-EMPIRICAL CALCULATION;

POLARONS;

OLIGOTHIOPHENE; THIOPHENE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DISSOCIATION; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ELECTRONICS; GEOMETRY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR STABILITY; SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 0037568315     PISSN: 14394235     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cphc.200200446     Document Type: Article

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