Chem. J. Chinese Universities ›› 2004, Vol. 25 ›› Issue (6): 1104.

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Quantum Chemical Study on the Energy Level Structure of Thiophene Oligomers

YANG Guo-Bo1, ZHOU Yin-Hua1, TIAN Wen-Jing1, ZHOU Xin2, PAN Qing-Jiang2, REN Ai-Min2   

  1. 1. Key Laboratory for Supramoleculor Structure and Materials of Ministry of Education, Jilin University, Changchun 130023, China;
    2. State Key Laboratory of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry, Institute of Theoretical Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun 130023, China
  • Received:2003-07-04 Online:2004-06-24 Published:2004-06-24

Abstract: Thiophene-based monodispersed linear π-conjugated oligomers with a well-defined chemical structure are the subject of considerable current interest related to their potential applications as active material in organic electronics and photonic devices in molecular electronics. In this paper,we have investigated two series of EDOT oligomers,in which EDOT moieties have been inserted either as a median bis-{EDOT} core or and external end groups by quantum chemical calculations. Their absorption spectral peaks,the frontier molecular orbitals HOMO and LUMO were calculated by using the semi-experiential method AM1 and PM3. It is indicated that the changing tendency of the calculated results is in good agreement with the experimental observations.

Key words: Thiophene-based oligomers, Quantum chemical calculations, Energy level structure

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