Electronic and Optical Properties of Conjugated Polymers

1. Introduction to Conjugated Polymers 2. Pi-Electron Theory of Conjugated Polymers 3. Non-Interacting Electrons 4. Electron-Lattice Coupling I: Non-Interacting Electrons 5. Interacting Electrons 6. Excitons in Conjugated Polymers 7. Electron-Lattice Coupling II: Interacting Electrons 8. Optical Processes in Conjugated Polymers 9. Electronic Processes in Conjugated Polymers 10. Linear Polyenes and Trans-Polyacetylene 11. Light Emitting Polymers A. Dirac Bra-ket Operator Representation of One-Particle Hamiltonians B. Particle-Hole Symmetry and Average Occupation Number C. Single-Particle Eigensolutions of a Periodic Polymer Chain D. Derivation of the Effective-Particle Schroedinger Equation E. Hydrogenic Solutions to the Effective-Particle Exciton Models F. Evaluation of the Electronic Transition Dipole Moments G. Valence-Bond Description of Benzene H. Density Matrix Renormalization Group Method