Dy. Paraschuk et al., PHOTOINDUCED NEUTRAL SOLITONS UP TO ROOM-TEMPERATURE IN SOLUBLE TRANSPOLYACETYLENE, Physical review. B, Condensed matter, 50(2), 1994, pp. 907-913
We have measured steady-state photoabsorption spectra of a soluble tra
ns-polyacetylene. We have found that photoexcitation of the soluble po
lyacetylene transforms only into neutral solitons in the temperature r
ange 85-300 K, with photoabsorption signals associated with charged so
litons not observed. We consider the features of soliton excitations i
n comparison with other known types of polyacetylene.