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Experiments are described that demonstrate that free carriers travel along the polymer backbone of Polydiacetylenes for distances of up to 1 mm at around the velocity of sound independant of electric field down to low fields of the order of 100 V/m.
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Donovan, K.J., Freeman, P.D., Wilson, E.G. (1985). Electron Motion in Polydiacetylene: The Facts. In: Bloor, D., Chance, R.R. (eds) Polydiacetylenes. NATO ASI Series, vol 102. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-2713-6_13
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