Phys. Rev. Lett. 50, 1866 (1983) - Role of Solitons in Nearly Metallic Polyacetylene

Role of Solitons in Nearly Metallic Polyacetylene

A. J. Epstein, H. Rommelmann, R. Bigelow, H. W. Gibson, D. M. Hoffmann, and D. B. Tanner

Phys. Rev. Lett. 50, 1866 – Published 6 June 1983

Abstract

A correlated study of the structural, optical, magnetic, and transport properties of polyacetylene, doped with iodine to nearly the metallic doping levels, shows that essentially all charges go into solitonlike states. The measurements are in quantitative agreement with charge transport via variable-range hopping among solitonlike levels.

Received 4 February 1983

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.50.1866

©1983 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

A. J. Epstein, H. Rommelmann, R. Bigelow, and H. W. Gibson

Xerox Webster Research Center, Webster, New York 14580

D. M. Hoffmann^*

Department of Physics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210

Department of Physics, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611

^*Present address: Department of Physics, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Ky. 40506.

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A. J. Epstein, H. Rommelmann, R. Bigelow, H. W. Gibson, D. M. Hoffman, and D. B. Tanner

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Vol. 50, Iss. 23 — 6 June 1983

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