Effects of substituent-induced strain on the electronic structure of polydiacetylenes

The valence effective Hamiltonian technique (VEH), and modified neglect of differential overlap (MNDO) calculations are used to study the influence of strain induced by side chains on the geometry of polydiacetylene backbones and the resulting polymer band structure, band gap, and ionization potenti...

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Published in:The Journal of chemical physics 1986-10, Vol.85 (7), p.4116-4119
Main Authors: ECKHARDT, H, BOUDREAUX, D. S, CHANCE, R. R
Format: Article
Language:English
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Applied sciences
Exact sciences and technology
Organic polymers
Physicochemistry of polymers
Properties and characterization
Structure, morphology and analysis
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Summary:The valence effective Hamiltonian technique (VEH), and modified neglect of differential overlap (MNDO) calculations are used to study the influence of strain induced by side chains on the geometry of polydiacetylene backbones and the resulting polymer band structure, band gap, and ionization potential. Simulations of strain effects on the polymer backbone yield variations in optical properties which are similar to those observed experimentally during thermochromic phase changes in urethane-substituted polydiacetylenes. Our results suggest that these changes in optical properties are related to strain at points of substituent attachment and not to fundamental changes in the backbone geometry such as an acetylenic-to-butatrienic transformation.
ISSN:0021-9606
1089-7690
DOI:10.1063/1.450882