Journal of Physical Chemistry, Vol.100, No.40, 16213-16217, 1996
Ultraviolet Photoemission Spectra of Perchlorate-Doped Cispolyacetylene and Transpolyacetylene
The UPS spectra of cis- and trans-polyacetylene were measured by careful treatment of fresh samples. This is the first UPS measurement of cis-polyacetylene (cis-transoid). Assignments of the observed spectra are given by comparing with energy levels of cis- and trans-C20H22 obtained by ab initio MO calculation. The change of UPS spectra upon stepwise perchlorate doping was measured; at first the intensity of the C2p pi band decreased and the whole band shifted to higher binding energy. By further doping, a new C2p pi band appeared close to the Fermi level E(F) when the conductivity reached 11 000 S/cm. These changes show insulator to metal transition accompanied with structural transformation. The UPS spectrum near E(F) showed a strong correlational effect characteristic of a low-dimensional conductor. The spectra of heavily perchlorate doped and potassium-doped polyacetylene near E(F) are analyzed by a theory of Kopietz, Meden, and Schonhammer (Phys. Rev. Lett. 1995, 74, 2997).
Keywords:POLARIZED REFLECTION SPECTRA;METAL-INSULATOR-TRANSITION;LUTTINGER-LIQUID BEHAVIOR;ORIENTED POLYACETYLENE;HUBBARD-MODEL;PHOTOELECTRON;CONDUCTIVITY;SPECTROSCOPY;CONDUCTORS;SEPARATION