Fax: +91 (0)755 409 2392; Tel: +91 (0)755 669 2378. †Electronic Supplementary Information (ESI) available: [Details of characterizations of the polymer, molecular structures of the analytes, limits of detection, solid-state contact mode detection of nitroanilines, EPR and computational investigations.]. SeeA solution processable conjugated porous organic polymer (POP) based on tetraphenyl-5,5dioctylcyclopentadiene (TPDC-DB) was employed for nitroaromatics sensing by amplified fluorescence quenching. A comprehensive investigation was carried out using a set of 30 closely related analytes such as nitrophenols, nitrotoluenes, nitroanilines, nitobenzenes, quinones etc. Nitroanilines were found to be the most efficient quenchers in contrast to the extensively studied picric acid, which is unprecedented among POPs. Rigorous spectroscopic investigations including UV-Vis absorption, steady-state and time-resolved fluorescence, electron paramagnetic resonance coupled with computational studies provided new insight into the underlying photophysical phenomenon of fluorescence quenching. The Stern-Volmer plots were analyzed employing sphere of action model. It was observed that the electron-deficient nature of the nitroaromatics is not the sole governing factor responsible for fluorescence quenching. Naked eye detection of nitroanilines by TPDC-DB was also demonstrated. Detection limits for p-nitroaniline were found to be extremely low, 455 ppb in solution and ~ 1.8 ng cm -2 in contact mode. Scheme 1. Fabrication of porous organic polymer TPDC-DB by Sonogashira cross coupling between tetrakis(4-bromophenyl)-5,5dioctylcyclopentadiene and 1,4-diethynylbenzene.