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Spatial extension of the bipolaronic defect in highly conducting polymers based on five-membered aromatic rings

✍ Scribed by Carlos Alemán


Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
1997
Tongue
English
Weight
391 KB
Volume
6
Category
Article
ISSN
1022-1344

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Abstract

The molecular geometries of neutral and dicationic oligomers comprising 7, 10, 13 and 16 rings of thiophene, furan and pyrrole were determined using quantum mechanical calculations. The usual benzenoid structure was characterized for neutral oligomers, whereas a quinoid structural defect which extends over six rings was found for dications. Analysis of the transition region, where the quinoid structure changes to the benzenoid one, revealed structural differences between thiophene, furan and pyrrole derivatives.