| Abstract: | Precise control over the supramolecular organization of organic semiconducting materials guiding to exclusive face‐on or edge‐on orientation is a challenging task. In the present work, we study the preferential packing of thiophene oligomers induced through rational molecular designing and self‐assembly. The acceptor–donor–acceptor‐type oligomers having 2‐(1,1‐dicyano‐methylene)rhodanine as acceptor ( OT1 ) favored a face‐on packing, whereas that of functionalized with N‐octyl rhodanine ( OT2 ) preferred an edge‐on packing as evident from 2D‐grazing incidence angle X‐ray diffraction, tapping‐mode atomic force microscopy (AFM) and Raman spectroscopy analyses. The oligomers exhibited anisotropic conductivity in the self‐assembled state as an outcome of the preferred orientation, revealed by the conducting AFM experiment. |
