Abstract
The Car-Parrinello ab initio molecular dynamics scheme combines electronic structure calculations with complete geometry optimizations very efficiently. For the first time we apply this method to organic semiconducting polymers. Equilibrium geometries are calculated for a series of polymers: polythiophene (PTh), polyisothianaphtene (PITN), polyparaphenylene (PPP), polyaniline (PANI) and polyparaphenylenesulfide (PPS). The bandgaps of these polymers, calculated with the local density functional, are shown to correctly represent the trend in the experimental optical bandgap.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 4243-4248 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | Synthetic metals |
Volume | 57 |
Issue number | 2-3 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 19 Apr 1993 |
Externally published | Yes |