The application discloses a method for constructing atypical near-
infrared light-emitting polymers based on itaconic anhydride and application thereof, and belongs to the technical field of organic light-emitting materials. The method comprises the following steps: first, preparing a
thiol-containing intermediate by reacting N-methyldiethanolamine derivatives with double / multi-
thiol compounds; and then, performing nucleophilic ring-opening
polymerization on the
thiol-containing intermediate and itaconic anhydride to obtain a target
polymer. The
polymer is completely composed of non-conjugated structural units and does not contain a pi-conjugated aromatic ring, and the
light emission is derived from cluster-induced
light emission promoted by strong
ion interaction formed in the
polymerization process. By selecting different thiol compounds and regulating the topological structure (linear or hyperbranched) of the
polymer, a polymer with an emission
wavelength in the 600-800 nm near-
infrared region can be prepared. The polymer has the advantages of simple synthesis, good water
solubility, high
biocompatibility, aggregation-induced
light emission, pH /
ion response and the like, and has important application value in the fields of near-
infrared fluorescence imaging and biosensing.