Scanning tunneling microscope spectroscopy and optical absorption measurements were used to determine the exciton binding energy (E(b)) of poly(p-phenylenevinylene) (PPV). We find E(b) = 0.48 +/- 0.14 eV, which is significantly higher than the value of E(b) reported previously for an alkoxy-PPV derivative. Furthermore, an analysis of photoluminescence and scanning-tunneling-microscope-excited cathodoluminescence spectra, performed on PPV and on alkoxy-PPV derivatives, reveals that the energy separation between the dominant peaks in the vibronic progression is significantly smaller in the alkoxy-substituted compounds. The reduction of E(b) appears to be related to the influence of the alkoxy side-chains, inducing a reduction of both the Coulomb interaction as well as the molecular structural relaxation energy of the exciton.
By: L. Rossi, S.F. Alvarado, W. Riess,S. Schrader, D.G. Lidzey and D.D.C. Bradley
Published in: Synthetic Metals, volume 111-112, (no ), pages 527-630 in 2000
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