| The luminescent polymer, poly[2-(3-thienyl)ethanol butoxycarbonyl-methyl urethane, called popularly as PURET, has rekindled research interests due to the recent discovery of its ability for detection of explosives at trace levels of molecules in their vapor phase. In this computational study, Hartree-Fock and/or Density Functional Theory (DFT) methods are applied, using Gaussian09 W software, for calculating the HOMO-LUMO energy levels, the Dipole Moment, and the UV-Vis and IR spectra for the Oligomers of PURET monomer, dimer, and trimer. Similar calculations for a few other Thiophene derivatives, such as TAA. TMA, 3HT, and TTZ, are also shown. DFT-based calculations, employing especially the B3LYP functional, are shown to systematically converge to experimental levels of accuracy for PURET Oligomers. |
