Diarylmaleimide-based branched oligomers: strong full-color emission in both solution and solid films

= 651 nm), realizing full-color emission. The investigation on the photophysical properties of the oligomers indicates that they display intense emission in both solution and solid films, due to the suppression of intramolecular rotation and intermolecular interaction. Molecular simulation and natural transition orbital analysis show that the electron transition takes place in the individual arylmaleimide for the non-conjugate linkage of fluorophores in branched oligomers. It can avoid the unpredictability of the luminescence properties caused by the interaction of fluorophores. In addition, the good solubility, thermostability and oxidative stability of the branched oligomers make them have huge potential in the solution-processable photonic application. These results demonstrate that such a design strategy of non-conjugate branched oligomers is a very efficient and constructive method to obtain high-performance light-emitting materials in both solution and solid films.