Diphenylacetylene monomers functionalized with vinyl and ester groups (
1 and
2) were synthesized.The monomers were polymerized by WCl
6-Ph
4Sn into their corresponding polymers (P
1 and P
2) with the (meth)acrylic functionality remained intact, as verified by the structural analysis of the polymers using spectroscopicmethods. The polymers are soluble in common organic solvents and form films of good
quality when their solutionsare spin-coated. The solutions of the polymers emit green light upon photoexcitation. Their emission spectrashift to longer wavelengths and narrow in widths when the solution concentrations are increased, presumablydue to the formation of the intramolecular excimers. When the polymer chains are aggregated, their emissionefficiencies are increased (
F up to ~88%), showing a unique phenomenon of aggregation-enhanced emission.The (meth)acrylic groups bestow photosensitivity on the polymers, whose photo-cross-linking enables readyfabrication of highly fluorescent photoresist patterns.