Electronic and Optical Properties of Conjugated Polymers (The ^AInternational Series of Monographs on Physics) - Hardcover

Barford, William

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0198526806 ISBN 13: 9780198526803

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2005

Synopsis

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.

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About the Author

William Barford,Physical and Theoretical Chemistry Laboratory, Oxford University

Review

"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

Edition details

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0198526806
• ISBN 13: 9780198526803
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 280