aAbteilung Theoretische Physik, Universität Ulm, Albert-Einstein-Allee 11, 89069 Ulm, Germany
bAbteilung Organische Chemie II, Universität Ulm, Albert-Einstein-Allee 11, 89069 Ulm, Germany
Abstract:
We theoretically study the size-dependent relation between absorption spectra of thiophene-based oligomers and the corresponding cyclothiophenes. In our approach based on a Frenkel exciton Hamiltonian, we demonstrate that the geometry and selection rules determine the observed relations between the spectra.