Multicolor, Non‐Traditional Intrinsically Luminescent Polymers: Recent Advances
Chen-Xi Chen, Hua‐Wen Cai, Xiaoli Sun, Wen‐Ming Wan, Baoquan Huang
Abstract
Luminescent polymers have gained considerable research effects in different fields, which are generally prepared by incorporating traditional luminescent moieties. In recent years, non-traditional intrinsic luminescent (NTIL) polymers containing no traditional luminescent moieties have been reported, which have attracted broad attention. This review summarizes recent advances in multicolor NTIL polymers, including stimuli-responsive NTIL polymers, multicolor luminescence of NTIL polymers through polymerization-induced emission strategy or molecular structure modulation, and the positive influence of through-space charge-transfer effect and hydrogen bonding construction strategy on NTIL polymers. This review on NTIL polymers may cause inspirations in different fields.