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The Effects of Conjugation Length and Substituents on the Conductivity of Oxidatively Doped p,p’-Disubstituted Diphenylpolyenes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 February 2011

Larry R. Dalton
Affiliation:
Department of Chemistry, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90089–0482.
C. W. Spangler
Affiliation:
Department of Chemistry, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois, 60115.
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Abstract

It has been demonstrated that the oxidative doping of a.oo-diphenylpolyenes generates polaronic and/or bipolaronic intermediates which can be directly observed by optical spectroscopy. Furthermore, the absorption frequencies have been shown to correlate with conjugation length and the nature of the substituents. Species are stabilized by donor substituents and destabilized by acceptor substituents. We now report conductivity and ESR studies on iodine doped α,ω-diphenylpolyenes, containing donor p,p’-disubstituents. The implications of these studies can provide insight into electrical conductivity and optical nonlinearity of doped organic materials.

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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1990

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