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Conjugated polymers have important technological applications including solar cells and light emitting devices. They are active components in many important biological processes. This book describes and explains the electronic and optical properties of conjugated polymers by developing theoretical models to understand the key electronic states.
The study of the non-linear optical properties of polymeric systems is a challenging and exciting field of research ranging from device engineering, optical measurements, chemical synthesis to design and theoretical issues. At the present time, most of the basic science needed for the synthesis of molecules and the design of devices utilizing second order optical susceptibilities is in hand, although certain issues remain to be resolved. On the other hand, many important questions regarding the design and use of third order optical susceptibilities are still unanswered. The earliest ideas of the importance of low dimensionality optical band gaps suggests the use of conjugated molecules. At present, there is considerable effort, both experimentally and theoretically, in optimizing the value of gamma for polymers or oligomers with conjugated segments, because such conjugated polymers (like polyacetylene, polythiophenes, and the poly-diacetylenes) have very large gamma. These polymers have also been under intense scrutiny because of their large conductivities when doped. Although we are beginning to understand the theoretical reasons for the various unusual properties of the materials, we do not understand the factors that limit the ultimate value of gamma. For example, what are the important structures and interactions in the molecule the prevent gamma from being as large as possible while still having a small absorption coefficient, and how can we design molecules with these constraints in mind.
This treatise is a compendium of papers based on invited talks presented at the American Chemical Society Symposium on Electroactive Polymers which covered nonlinear optical polymers and conducting polymers, the common denominator being the correlated pi-electron structures. The improved understanding of the consequences of pi-electron delocalization upon nonlinear optical properties and charge carrier dynamics has laid the foundation for the rapid development and application of the electroresponse of conjugated polymers. As a result, the area of electroactive and nonlinear optical polymers is emerging as a frontier of sCience and technology. It is a multidisciplinary field that is bringing together scientists and engineers of varied background to interface their expertise. The recent explosion of interest in this area stems from the prospect of utilizing nonlinear optical effects for optical switching and logic operations in optical computing, optical signal processing, optical sensing and optical fiber communications. Polymers and organic are rapidly becoming one of the major material classes for nonlinear optical applications along with multiple quantum wells, ferroelectrics and other oxides, and direct band-gap semiconductors. The reasons for this lie in the unique molecular structures of polymers and organics and the ability to molecularly engineer the architecture of these structures through chemical synthesis.
This book constitutes the Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Conjugated Polymers held at the University of Mons, Belgium, during the first week of September 1989. The Workshop was attended by about fifty scientists representing most of the leading research groups within NATO countries, that have contributed to the development of conjugated polymeric materials. The program was focused on applications related to electrical conductivity and nonlinear optics. The attendance was well balanced with a blend of researchers from academic, industrial, and government labs, and including synthetic chemists, physical chemists, physicists, materials scientists, and theoreticians. The Workshop provided an especially timely opportunity to discuss the important progress that has taken place in the field of Conjugated Polymers in the late eighties as well as the enormous potential that lies in front of us. Among the recent significant developments in the field, we can cite for instance: (i) The discovery of novel synthetic routes affording conjugated polymers -that are much better characterized, especially through control of the molecular weight; - that can be processed from solution or the melt; the early promise that conducting polymcrs would constitute materials combining the electrical conductivities of metals with the mechanical properties of plastics is now being realized; -that can reach remarkably high conductivities.
Describes the basic physics and materials science of conjugated polymers and their interfaces.
Defines the state-of-the-art in interface science for electronic applications of organic materials. Updates understanding of the foundaiton of interfacial properties. Describes novel electronic devices created from conjugated polymers and organic molecular solids.