New carbazole-based monomers with two reactive functional groups such as epoxypropyl, oxetanyl and vinyloxethyl were synthesized and their cationic photopolymerization was performed. The monomer containing epoxypropyl groups exhibited the highest conversion in photopolymerization (78%). The monomers and polymers exhibited ability of glass formation with the glass transition temperatures up to 98 degrees C for low-molecular weight compounds and those observed for polymers ranging from 89 to 150 degrees C. The synthesized derivatives absorb electromagnetic irradiation in the range of 200-390 nm with the band gaps of 3.14-3.16 eV. The compounds exhibit blue photoluminescence with the intensity maxima at 400 nm. The compounds were found to have high triplet energies of ca. 2.78 eV. The electron photoemission spectra of the layers of the synthesized compounds revealed ionization potentials of 5.20-5.37 eV. The time-of-flight hole drift mobilities of the layers of the compounds exceed 10(-5) cm(2)/V x sat high electric fields. (C) 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.