FU Rou-li, FU Li-wei, YANG Ai-ling. Photoinduced Variation of Magnetic Susceptibility in Luminescent Polymers[J]. Chinese Journal of Luminescence, 2002,23(6): 575-578
FU Rou-li, FU Li-wei, YANG Ai-ling. Photoinduced Variation of Magnetic Susceptibility in Luminescent Polymers[J]. Chinese Journal of Luminescence, 2002,23(6): 575-578DOI:
Photoinduced Variation of Magnetic Susceptibility in Luminescent Polymers
It is discovered by molecular dynamics that a positive-bipolaron in luminescent polymers is split into two polarons by absorbing a photon. Because the energy to create a bipolaron is less than the energy to create two polarons
the main carriers in luminescent polymers are bipolarons. For a positive-bipolaron
both ε
high
and ε
low
levels in the gap are empty
and the valence band is fully occupied. After absorbing a photon
an electron is excited from the valence band to ε
low
level in the gap. It induces the change of the original atomic configurations and electronic states. Our computer simulations reveal that a positive-bipolaron in luminescent polymers will be split into two polarons after an electron is excited from the valence band to ε
low
level in the gap. The reason of the split is as follows. A bipolaron or a polaron in luminescent polymers is a composite particle
which has intrinsic structures including atomic configurations and electronic states. Due to the instability of low-dimension
the intrinsic structures of a bipolaron will be changed by absorbing a photon. In a polaron
either of ε
high
and ε
low
levels in the gap is occupied by only one electron
and other states are either occupied by two electrons with opposite spins or empty. Therefore
the spin of a polaron is 1/2. Whereas in a bipolaron
all electronic states
including ε
high
and ε
low
levels in the gap
are either occupied by two electrons with opposite spins or empty. So the spin of a bipolaron is zero. Since a polaron possesses spin magnetic while a bipolaron does not
the Pauli susceptibility will be changed when a positive-bipolaron is split into two polarons due to absorbing a photon. So this phenomenon is photoinduced variation of magnetic susceptibility. It is a new phenomenon in luminescent polymers
and would be of interest both in basic sciences and in technology.