Functional, Hierarchically Structured Poly(diacetylene)s via Supramolecular Self-Assembly

The supramolecular self‐assembly of macromonomers may serve as a first step to prepare well‐defined, highly functionalized, hierarchically structured, conjugated polymers. Functional diacetylene macromonomers equipped with an oligopeptide segment designed to promote self‐assembly into parallel β‐sheet type structures and a polydisperse, aliphatic coil segment to prevent global ordering give rise to supramolecular polymers with a tubular double‐helical quarternary structure in organic solution. These supramolecular polymers may then be converted into the corresponding poly(diacetylene)s by UV irradiation under retention of their hierarchical structure.