Exciton Diffusion in Highly-Ordered One Dimensional Conjugated Polymers: Effects of Back-Bone Torsion, Electronic Symmetry, Phonons and Annihilation
Raj Pandya, Antonios M. Alvertis, Qifei Gu, Jooyoung Sung, Laurent Legrand, David Kréher, Thierry Barisien, Alex W. Chin, Christoph Schnedermann, Akshay Rao
Abstract
-BSE calculations reveal that this is due to the comparable strengths of the exciton-phonon interaction and exciton coupling. Our results demonstrate the link between electronic state symmetry, backbone torsion and phonons in exciton transport in π-conjugated polymers.
Topics & Concepts
ExcitonBiexcitonDelocalized electronCondensed matter physicsPhononMaterials scienceAnnihilationMolecular physicsChemical physicsChemistryPhysicsQuantum mechanicsOrganic Electronics and PhotovoltaicsPerovskite Materials and ApplicationsConducting polymers and applications