Quantum Chemistry of Polymers — Solid State Aspects

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Janos Ladik, J. André, Max Seel
Springer Science & Business Media, Mar 31, 1984 - Science - 422 pages
The NATO Advanced Study Institute on "Quantum Chemistry of Polymers; Solid State Aspects" lIIas held at the MARITIM Congress Hotel Braunlage/Harz in the Federal Republic of Germany from July 25 - August 5, 1983. We lIIish to express our deep gratitude to the NATO Scientific Affairs Division, the main sponsor of the Institute, and to the National Foundation for Cancer Research, Bethesda, Maryland for their substantial support. We sincerely thank Dr. Craig Sinclair, Director of the NATO Advanced Study Institutes program as lIIell as the IIIhole Advanced Study Institute/Advanced Research Workshop Advisory Board of the NATO Scientific Affairs Division, IIIho have honored us by holding their external annual meeting during this School in Braunlage. We are very much indebted also to Dr. Mario Di Lullo, Director of the Advanced Research Workshop program of the NATO Scientific Affairs Division IIIho together lIIith Dr. Sinclair has given a very informative lecture about the NATO ASI/ARW programs. Special thanks are due to Mr. Franklin Salisbury, Executive Director of the National Foundation for Cancer Research, to Mrs. Tamara Salisbury, Deputy Director of the National Foundation for Cancer Research and to Dr. Mary Hennen Aldridge, President of the National Foundation for Cancer Research, IIIho also honored the School lIIith their presence.
 

Contents

TOWARDS SPECIFIC AB INITIO PROGRAMS FOR POLYMER CALCULATIONS
1
THEORETICAL INTERPRETATION OF VALENCE XPS SPECTRA OF STEREO REGULAR ORGANIC POLYMERS
23
AB INITIO STUDIES ON THE STRUCTURE AND PHONON SPECTRA OF SIMPLE POLYMERS
33
THEORY OF EXCITONS IN ORGANIC SOLIDS
57
COLLECTIVE EFFECTS
83
CALCULATION OF THE MECHANICAL AND OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF POLYETHYLENE INCLUDING ELECTRON CORRELATION EFFE...
101
SYNTHESIS AND PROPERTIES OF CONCOCTING BRIDGED MACROCYCLIC METAL COMPLEXES
111
CARRIER GENERATION RECOMBINATION AND TRANSPORT IN ORGANIC CRYSTALS
137
RESONANT INTERACTION BETWEEN LASER PULSES AND SURFACE LAYERS
249
ENERGY TRANSFER AND MOLECULAR WEIGHT EFFECTS ON POLYMER LUMINESCENCE
259
CALCULATIONAL METHODS FOR DISORDERED QUASIONEDIMENSIONAL SYSTEMS
279
EFFECT OF LOCAL PERTURBATIONS ON THE ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE OF ORGANIC POLYMERS
307
ELECTRONIC LOCALIZATION AND DELOCALIZATION IN ORGANIC METALS AND SEMICONDUCTORS
325
ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE OF HIGHLY CONDUCTING POLYMERS AND BIOPOLYMERS SOLID STATE ASPECTS
337
LARGE SCALE AB INITIO BAND STRUCTURE CALCULATIONS OF POLYNUCLEO TIDES AND POLYPEPTIDES
361
INDEX OF AUTHORS
393

ELECTRICAL TRANSPORT PROPERTIES OF POLYACETYLENE AND RELATED COMPOUNDS
165
THE PREPARATION AND PROPERTIES OF ORDERED AND DISORDERED DIACETYLENE POLYMERS
191
THEORY AND EXPERIMENT
221

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