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Photoinduced Infrared Activity in Polyacetylene

Zeev Valy Vardeny, J. Orenstein, G. L. Baker

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Photoexcitation of trans - but not cis -polyacetylene, results in the appearance of strongly-ir-active local modes at 1370 and 1260 ${\mathrm{cm}}^{\ensuremath{-}1}$. This observation demonstrates that the photogeneration of self-localized charge carriers is unique to the trans isomer. In spite of their localization the kinetic mass of these photocarriers is small, ${M}_{c}\ensuremath{\simeq}(1\ensuremath{-}2.5)m$, a result which is in quantitative agreement with calculations based on single-chain models.

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Photoexcitation of trans - but not cis -polyacetylene, results in the appearance of strongly-ir-active local modes at 1370 and 1260 ${\mathrm{cm}}^{\ensuremath{-}1}$. This observation demonstrates that the photogeneration of self-localized charge carriers is unique to the trans isomer. In spite of their localization the kinetic mass of these photocarriers is small, ${M}_{c}\ensuremath{\simeq}(1\ensuremath{-}2.5)m$, a result which is in quantitative agreement with calculations based on single-chain models.

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Photoexcitation of trans - but not cis -polyacetylene, results in the appearance of strongly-ir-active local modes at 1370 and 1260 ${\mathrm{cm}}^{\ensuremath{-}1}$. This observation demonstrates that the photogeneration of self-localized charge carriers is unique to the trans isomer. In spite of their localization the kinetic mass of these photocarriers is small, ${M}_{c}\ensuremath{\simeq}(1\ensuremath{-}2.5)m$, a result which is in quantitative agreement with calculations based on single-chain models.

Key concepts: Polyacetylene, Photoexcitation, Infrared, Charge carrier, Charge (physics), Materials science, Physics, Atomic physics

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