Electroabsorption studies of polyaniline

Pomfret, SJ; Rebout, E; Abell, L; Monkman, AP

Abstract

We present the results of electroabsorption measurements of emeraldine base and a related phenyl capped tetramer, both spun from NMP. A comparison of the data of the two materials shows many similarities, indicating that the electronic structures are similar. Kramers-Kronig analysis has been used to calculate the third order non-linear susceptibility chi((3))(-omega;omega,0,0) as a function of energy. The values of chi((3)) are at a maximum around 1.6 eV with values of the order 3 x 10(-11) esu.

Citation

Pomfret, S., Rebout, E., Abell, L., & Monkman, A. (1997). Electroabsorption studies of polyaniline. Synthetic Metals, 84(1-3), 729-732

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Publication Date: 1997-01
• Journal: Synthetic Metals
• Print ISSN: 0379-6779
• Publisher: Elsevier
• Volume: 84
• Issue: 1-3
• Pages: 729-732
• Keywords: polyaniline and derivatives; electroabsorption