Thin Film Structure of Triisopropylsilylethynyl‐Functionalized Pentacene and Tetraceno2,3‐bthiophene from Grazing Incidence X‐Ray Diffraction

The specific molecular arrangement of triisopropylsilylethynyl (TIPS)-functionalized acenes is widely considered to be the origin of the high performance of TIPS-pentacene thin film devices. However, detailed information on the molecular packing is so far only available for bulk single crystals, and the molecular packing of TIPS-functionalized acenes in thin films has not been directly determined to date. A combination of ultrabright synchrotron grazing incidence X-ray diffraction (GIXD) and crystallographic refinement calculations is utilized to obtain precise information about the molecular packing of two high-performance TIPS-functionalized semiconductors, TIPS- tetraceno2,3-bthiophene and TIPS-pentacene, in thin films on silicon oxide. Detailed facts of importance to specialist readers are published as ”Supporting Information”. Such documents are peer-reviewed, but not copy-edited or typeset. They are made available as submitted by the authors. Please note: The publisher is not responsible for the content or functionality of any supporting information supplied by the authors. Any queries (other than missing content) should be directed to the corresponding author for the article.