Description

Conjugated polymers have important technological applications, including solar cells and light emitting displays. They are also active components in many biological processes. In recent years, there have been significant advances in our understanding of these systems, owing to both improved experimental measurements and the development of advanced computational techniques. The aim of this book is to describe and explain the electronic and optical properties of conjugated polymers. It focuses on the character and energetic ordering of the electronic states and relates these properties to experimental observations in real systems.

Features

• Topical monograph on optical and electronic processes in conjugated polymers
• Includes up-to-date survey of experimental and theoretical developments
• Describes how electronic interactions and electron-lattice couplings determine type, character, and energies of the electronic states of conjugated polymers
• Explains photo-physical properties in terms of theory of electronic states
• Includes numerous technical details (appendices) as theoretical tools

Reviews

"Writing for experimentalists, physicists, and theoretical and computational chemists, Barford examines the properties of conjugated polymers, explaining how electron-electron interactions and electron-lattice coupling determine the types and character of the low-lying electronic states, starting with the simplest approximations if noninteracting electronics. He covers pi-electron theories of conjugated polymers, noninteracting electrons and interacting electrons (including electron-lattice coupling in both cases), electrons and electronic processes in conjugated polymers, optical processes in conjugated polymers, linear polyenes and trans-polyacetylene, and lightemitting polymers." --SciTech Book News

Product Details

278 pages; 104 line illus.; ISBN13: 978-0-19-852680-3ISBN10: 0-19-852680-6

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