Introduction . In recent years, covalent and supramolecular helical polymers have attracted the attention of the scientific community to replicate the structure/function relation found in helical biomacromolecules such as peptides, proteins, DNA or polysaccharides1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 , 10 , 11 , 12. Synthetic helical polymers, including both covalent and supramolecular, are archetypal systems exhibiting unique helical structures with various funct...