Spin relaxation studies on conducting poly(tetrathiafulvalene)
1993
Magnetic parameters and the relaxation behavior of paramagnetic centers in an iodine-doped poly(tetrathiafulvalene) semiconductor with a d.c. conductivity of 10−5 S·cm−1 have been studied using mainly the 2 mm waveband EPR technique in the temperature range of 110–270 K. The EPR line shape analysis confirms the existence of immobile radicals pinne on short polymer chains and mobile polarons with different relaxation parameters in slightly doped poly(tetrathiafulvalene). The temperature dependences of electron spin-lattice and spin-spin relaxation times of paramagnetic centers of both types have been determined independently using the saturation method at the operation frequency ν e = 140 GHz. An anisotropic slow libration of immobile polarons with an activation energy of 0.02 eV have been registered for the first time using the saturation transfer EPR method. The temperature dependences of intrachain diffusion and interchain hopping rates in poly(tetrathiafulvalene) are determined from theT 1 andT 2 EPR data. The interchain spin dynamics is shown to correlate with libration of polarons trapped on polymer chains and is in good agreement with a hopping charge transport mechanism.
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