Spin dynamics study in doped polyaniline by continuous wave and pulsed electron paramagnetic resonance

摘要

Continuous-wave (cw) and pulsed electron paramagnetic resonance (pulsed EPR) techniques were used to investigate spin dynamics in moderately and slightly doped poly(o-methoxyaniline), a polyaniline derivative. EPR line shapes, measured by standard cw EPR, and relaxation rates, measured by electron spin-echo methods, were studied as a function of temperature, in the ranges 6-300 K (cw) and 6-100 K (pulsed). Experimental results were explained by a model which considered two types of spins: isolated polarons in an insulating matrix, and delocalized ones in conductive islands (clusters) formed by dopant aggregates. Experimental data agreed with the assumption that EPR spectra are generated by isolated polarons coupled to the clusters by dipole-dipole interactions. Furthermore, some experimental evidence suggests that spin dynamic within the clusters, which play an essential role in the interpretation of the EPR results, is determined by exchange interactions. Consequences of the proposed model are discussed. (C) 2000 American Institute of Physics. [S0021-9606(00)52206-5]. [References: 32]