Raman and infrared reflection spectra in the backbone deformations and lattice modes range
(10−1000 cm-1) of EB/ES-I and EB/ES-II polyanilines are discussed and compared with those of an
oligomer (BQBBa) and of the constitutive bricks of the polyaniline skeleton: diphenylamine (BB), N,N‘-diphenyl-1,4-phenylenediamine (BBB), and N,N‘-diphenyl-1,4-phenylenediimine (BQB). Short-range
structure, scaling motif, and disorder are discussed. Emphasis is given to the relationship between
hybridization, short-range structure, disorder, and optical properties. Ring, CH deformations, and
librational/translational modes appear very sensitive to the static and dynamic disorder. Results show
that vibrational spectroscopy allows to distinguish the two classes of polyaniline (ES-I and ES-II), whatever
the inserted anion. The sketch of a continuous change of angle between the rigid virtual N−ring−N
bond is proposed to describe the static orientational disorder.
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