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RESEARCH PRODUCT

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Ulf StalmachHeinz KolshornHerbert Meier

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chemistry.chemical_classificationPolymers and PlasticsSeries (mathematics)Absorption spectroscopyGeneral Chemical EngineeringDispersityPolymerConjugated systemSpectral lineUltraviolet visible spectroscopychemistryPolymer chemistryPhysical chemistryAbsorption (electromagnetic radiation)

description

On the basis of an extended series of monodisperse oligomers of the dialkoxy-substituted phenyleneethenylenes 1a–i the Eqs. (3) and (4) were conceived in order to determine the limiting values of the energies Ei and the wavelengths λi of the UV/vis absorption. The convergence of the Ei, and λi values with a growing number n of repeating units permits a precise prediction of the Ei,∞ and λi,∞ values of the corresponding polymer 1j as well as a statement about the overall effect of conjugation ΔEi and the effective conjugation length ECL. A great variety of different conjugated oligomers 2–14 can be evaluated by the same algorithm.

https://doi.org/10.1002/actp.1997.010480905