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The present project addresses the crystallization in supramolecular block copolymers under two constraints, the first one exerted from an amorphous block, the second one imposed from a supramolecular  (dynamic) element within the polymer. A major focus is directed towards the synthesis of the polymers by combining living polymerization methods with the attachment of supramolecular entities via "click"-reactions. Finally, crystallization kinetics and structure formation will be studied via SAXS-, TEM- and rheology as well as solid-state NMR-spectroscopy aiming at a fundamental understanding of either "confined" or "templated" crystallization in supramolecular polymers.