A theoretical study of structural defects in conjugated polymers

E. Yurtsever; M. Yurtsever

doi:10.1016/s0379-6779(98)01343-5

A theoretical study of structural defects in conjugated polymers

E. Yurtsever^*, M. Yurtsever

^*Corresponding author for this work

Department of Chemistry

Koc University

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Abstract

Accurate ab-initio calculations are performed for pyrrole and thiophene oligomers bonded through α and β carbons. The thermodynamical stabilitiy of all possible binding types including the branched forms of tetramers and pentamers are compared. Employing the probabilities obtained from these calculations, a Monte Carlo type growth scheme is applied to predict branching as functions of the chain length and temperature. A high degree of branching for polypyrrole is reported whereas the linear chains dominate the structure of polythiophene.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	335-336
Number of pages	2
Journal	Synthetic Metals
Volume	101
Issue number	1-3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/s0379-6779(98)01343-5
Publication status	Published - 1999
Event	Proceedings of the 1998 International Conference on Science and Technology of Synthetic Metals (ICSM-98) - Montpellier, France Duration: 12 Jul 1998 → 18 Jul 1998

Keywords

Ab initio quantum chemical methods and calculations
Polypyrrole
Polythiophene

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