Energetics and electronic structure of phenyl-disubstituted polyacetylene: A first-principles study

Details Energetics and electronic structure of phenyl-disubstituted polyacetylene: A first-principles study Energetics and electronic structure of phenyl-disubstituted polyacetylene: A first-principles study

2010-07-09

arxiv.org/abs/1007.1557v1

Phys. Rev. B 82, 035213 (2010)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Materials Science

9 pages, 7 figures, accepted for publication in Phys. Rev. B

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevB.82.035213

Phenyl-disubstituted polyacetylene (PDPA) is an organic semiconductor which has been studied during the last years for its efficient photo-luminescence. In contrast, the molecular geometry, providing the basis for the electronic and optical properties, has been hardly investigated. In this paper, we apply a density-functional-theory based molecular-dynamics approach to reveal the molecular structure of PDPA in detail. We find that oligomers of this material are limited in length, being stable only up to eight repeat units, while the polymer is energetically unfavorable. These facts, which are in excellent agreement with experimental findings, are explained through a detailed analysis of the bond lengths. A consequence of the latter is the appearance of pronounced torsion angles of the phenyl rings with respect to the plane of the polyene backbone, ranging from $55^{\circ}$ up to $95^{\circ}$. We point out that such large torsion angles do not destroy the conjugation of the $\pi$ electrons from the backbone to the side phenyl rings, as is evident from the electronic charge density.

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