A fully conjugated ligand 3,6-bis (8-hydroxyquinoline-5-propenyl)-N-butyl-carbazole (B8QPC) containing hole- and electron-transporting groups was firstly synthesized through the Wittig condensation polymerization. Corresponding polymeric complexes, B8QPC (1) with Cu(II) (2) and Zn(II) (3), were synthesized and characterized by FT-IR, elemental Analysis, conductivity measurement and gel permeation chromatography (GPC). GPC indicated that the number average molecular weights (M.) are about 3800 and the degree of polymerization (n) are about 5 for the polymeric complexes 2 and 3. UV-vis and fluorescence spectra at room temperature revealed that both the polymeric complexes 2 and 3 emit blue luminescence at 473 and 513 nm (lambda(em,max)) in DMSO solution and blue/green luminescence at 522 and 531 nm (lambda(em,max)) in solid state, respectively. Thermal property measurements show that they have good thermal stability. (C) 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.