Three dendronized polymers from generation one to generation three have been prepared by complexing negatively charged Frchet-type dendrons with a polyanion

poly(diallydimethylammonium chloride) (PDADMAC). The grafting degree has been confirmed mainly by elemental analysis. In dilute solutions of tetrahydrofuran

static light scattering studies indicate that the first generation complex has a coil-like conformation

even more flexible than PDADMAC. The second and third generation complexes exhibit polyelectrolyte behavior. Dynamic light scattering experiments indicate that all the three complexes have almost the same hydrodynamic radius

indicating that they might own similar coil conformation. Atomic force microscopy shows the existence of disordered globules formed by one or a couple of complex coils. All these observations can be explained by the flowerlike coil conformation

which is formed by the intra-molecular association. This is totally different from the stretched chain conformation formed by covalently connected dendronized polymers. This result also explains why some ordered supramolecular structures

found in condensed state of the similar complexes

are not as perfect as those of conventional dendronized polymers.