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Hierarchically Structured Conjugated Polymers

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 January 2011

Holger Frauenrath*
Affiliation:
[email protected], École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Institute of Materials, Lausanne, Switzerland
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Abstract

Functional carbonaceous materials, organic electronic materials, and polymer materials which "speak the language" of biomaterials in their propensity for hierarchical structure formation play a central role in current materials science research. In this context, we prepared hierarchically structured conjugated polymers from diacetylene macromonomers based on β-sheet-forming oligopeptide-polymer conjugates as supramolecular building blocks. The monomers gave rise to supramolecular polymers with a finite number of strands, a uniform diameter of a few nanometers, and defined superstructures. These were then converted into conjugated polymers under retention of their hierarchical structures, leading to poly(diacetylene)s with multiple-helical quaternary structures and a rich folding behavior. The diacetylene macromonomers served as a model system to improve our understanding of how to use hydrogen-bonding sites in order to control the placement of reactive molecular precursors for hierarchically structured organic materials.

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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2010

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