Aggregation-induced emission of non-conjugated poly(amido amine)s: Discovering, luminescent mechanism understanding and bioapplication

It is found that the fluorescence of aliphatic poly(amido amine)s including linear and hyperbranched ones can be dramatically enhanced by simple aggregation of polymer chains, attributing to the formation of a variety of intra- and interchain clusters with shared lone-pair electrons and the restriction of intramolecular motions.