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J Phys Chem B
; 109(32): 15288-90, 2005 Aug 18.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-16852936
RESUMO
To clarify the mechanism of thermal dedoping processes of conducting poly(3-alkylthiophenes), temporal changes in electric conductivity, photoabsorption, and electron spin resonance of iodine-doped poly(3-octylthiophene) were examined. A decrease in the electric conductivity was accompanied by a decrease in the photoabsorption of the polymer cation and an increase in the spin concentration: the cation is a spinless charge carrier and it was converted to an immobile paramagnetic species. The conversion proceeds through deprotonation of the cation, which results in the formation of a polyenyl radical.