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Abstract [en]
Wehave developed a fully three-dimensional model based on the solutionof the time-dependent Schrödinger equation for studies of polaron mobilityin twisted polymer chains. Variations in ring torsion angles alonga conjugated polymer chain are shown to have a strongeffect on the intrachain charge carrier mobility. An increase inring torsion between two neighboring monomers can cause electron localizationand then result in a transition of the type oftransport from adiabatic polaron drift to nonadiabatic polaron hopping. Inparticular, we show the sensitivity for such a transition inthe case of random variations in the ring torsion anglesalong a poly(phenylene vinylene) chain. The effective energy barrier associatedwith the change in torsion angle also depends on theapplied electric-field strength, and by increasing the field strength atransition back to adiabatic transport can be obtained.
Nyckelord
electron-lattice dynamics, carrier mobility, localised states, polarons, hopping conduction
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Naturvetenskap
Identifikatorer
urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-16943 (URN)10.1103/PhysRevB.75.104304 (DOI)
Projekt
Center of Organic Electronics (COE)
Anmärkning
Original Publication: Magnus Hultell and Sven Stafström, Impact of ring torsion on the intrachain mobility in conjugated polymers, 2008, Physical Review B. Condensed Matter and Materials Physics, (75), 10, 104304. http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.75.104304 Copyright: American Physical Society http://www.aps.org/
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