Controlling the Optical Properties of Hyperbranched Conjugated Polyazomethines through Terminal-Backbone Interactions

A simple approach to tune the optical properties of the hyperbranched conjugated polymers by only adjusting the terminal-backbone interactions has been reported in this article. Hyperbranched conjugated polyazomethines have been successfully prepared by the reaction of tetramine and dialdehyde. Not only varying the monomer feed ratio to change the quantity of terminal amino groups, but also adopting protonation or complexion with proper dopants (SnCl(2) and β-cyclodextrin), can alter the interactions between amino terminals and imine bonds in the backbone. Correspondingly, the optical properties of the resulting hyperbranched polymers are controlled.