Valence-bond treatment of distortions in polyacene polymers

Distortions of polyacene polymers are studied within a many-body valence-bond framework using a powerful transfer-matrix technique for the valence-bond (or Heisenberg) model of the system. The computations suggest that the ground-state geometry is either totally symmetric or possibly exhibits a slig...

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Autores: García Bach, Ma. de los Ángeles, Peñaranda Ayllon, Angelina, Klein, D. J.
Tipo de documento: artigo
Estado:Versão publicada
Data de publicação:1992
País:España
Recursos:Universidad de Barcelona
Repositório:Dipòsit Digital de la UB
OAI Identifier:oai:diposit.ub.edu:2445/9845
Acesso em linha:https://hdl.handle.net/2445/9845
Access Level:Acceso aberto
Palavra-chave:Química física
Polímers
Elastòmers
Physical chemistry
Polymers
Elastomers
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Resumo:Distortions of polyacene polymers are studied within a many-body valence-bond framework using a powerful transfer-matrix technique for the valence-bond (or Heisenberg) model of the system. The computations suggest that the ground-state geometry is either totally symmetric or possibly exhibits a slight (A2 or B2 symmetry) bond-alternation distortion. The lowest-energy (nonsymmetric, in-plane) distortions are the A2 and B2 modes, which, within our approximations, are degenerate.