TY - JOUR
T1 - Order-disorder transitions of conjugated polymers in solution
AU - Schweizer, Kenneth S.
N1 - Funding Information:
* This work performed at Sandia National Laboratories sup-ported by the US Department of Energy under Contract DE-ACO4-76DPOO789.
PY - 1986/3/28
Y1 - 1986/3/28
N2 - A novel, statistical mechanical theory of the order-disorder transitions of conjugated polymers in dilute solution is proposed. Energetic stabilization of the rod-like conformation occurs via the interaction of the delocalized polymer electronic structure with the polarizable solvent. Model calculations reveal that system specific, discontinuous transition behavior can result.
AB - A novel, statistical mechanical theory of the order-disorder transitions of conjugated polymers in dilute solution is proposed. Energetic stabilization of the rod-like conformation occurs via the interaction of the delocalized polymer electronic structure with the polarizable solvent. Model calculations reveal that system specific, discontinuous transition behavior can result.
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U2 - 10.1016/0009-2614(86)85087-4
DO - 10.1016/0009-2614(86)85087-4
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0010799642
SN - 0009-2614
VL - 125
SP - 118
EP - 122
JO - Chemical Physics Letters
JF - Chemical Physics Letters
IS - 2
ER -