Abstract: | The alkyl methacrylates with halogenated carbazolyl pendant groups were prepared, and the analysis of their absorption and emission spectra showed that the polymers containing monohalogenatged carbazole rings were capable of exhibiting a high singlet‐triplet (S‐T) conversion. The reasons that mainly triplet excitons could be observed in such polymers and additional bands appearance in the spectra of the polymers with dihalogenated carbazole rings are discussed. © 2002 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci 84: 1650–1656, 2002; DOI 10.1002/app.10469 |