Polymers with aggregation-induced emission (AIE) are widely studied recently because of their good solubility, processability, and high emission efficiency in the aggregated states. In this talk, the research efforts directed to AIE polymers including the design and syntheses, structures and topologies, as well as functionalities and applications will be introduced. The synthetic approaches for the construction of AIE polymers include chain polymerizations, step polymerizations, as well as post-modification of polymers. Through such versatile polymerization approaches, a vast array of AIE macromolecules with various chemical and topological structures can be easily accessed such as linear or zigzag shaped oligomers and polymers, star-shaped oligomers, dendrimers and hyperbranched polymers, conjugated microporous polymers, as well as crystalline supramolecular polymers. Combining the AIE characteristic with the desired traits of the polymeric materials will endow the resulting macromolecules with fascinating functionalities and they have found applications in optoelectronic devices, chemo/biosensing and biological imaging.

Syntheses, structures and functions of AIE polymers

253rd National Meeting (2017)

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