| AAO | Anodic Aluminum Oxide |
| C6PcH2 | 1,4,8,11,15,18,22,25-octahexylphthalocyanine |
| C6TBTAPH2 | 1,4,8,11,15,18,22,25-octahexyltetrabenzotriazaporphyrin |
| CELIV | Charge Extraction by Linearly Increasing Voltage |
| Colh | Columnar Hexagonal |
| Colobl | Columnar Oblique |
| Colr | Columnar Rectangular |
| DFT | Density Functional Theory |
| DI-SCLC | Dark Injection Space Charge Limited Current |
| DLC | Discotic Liquid Crystals |
| DSC | Differential Scanning Calorimetry |
| ETM | Electron-Transporting Materials |
| F4TCNQ | 2,3,5,6-Tetrafluoro-7,7,8,8-tetracyanoquinodimethane |
| GIWAXS | Grazing Incidence Wide-angle X-ray scattering |
| HAT3 | 2,3,6,7,10,11-hexapropoxytriphenylene |
| HAT4 | 2,3,6,7,10,11-hexabutyloxytriphenylene |
| HAT5 | 2,3,6,7,10,11-hexapentyloxytriphenylene |
| HAT6 | 2,3,6,7,10,11-hexakis(n-hexyloxy)triphenylene |
| HATN-TEG- | hexaazatrinaphthylene-polyether |
| HATP | 2,3,6,7,10,11-hexaacetoxytriphenylene |
| HOMO | Highest Occupied Molecular Orbital |
| SAXS | Small-Angle X-ray Scattering |
| IUPAC | International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry |
| CELIV | Charge Extraction by Linearly Increasing Voltage |
| ITO | Indium tin oxide |
| LUMO | Lowest Occupied Molecular Orbital |
| MC | Monte-Carlo |
| MD | Molecular Dynamics |
| MM | Molecular Mechanics |
| NC | Nematic Columnar |
| ND | Nematic Discotic |
| NL | Lateral Nematic |
| OFET | Organic Field-Effect Transistor |
| OLED | Organic Light Emitting Diode |
| OSC | Organic Solar Cell |
| P3HT | poly (3-hexylthiophene) |
| PC71BM | [6,6]-phenyl C71-butyric acid methyl ester |
| PCBM | [6,6]-phenyl-C61-butyric acid methyl ester |
| PEDOT: PSS | poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) polystyrene sulfonate |
| PEO | polyethylene oxide |
| POM | Polarized Optical Microscopy |
| PR-TRMC | Pulse-Radiolysis Time-Resolved Microwave Conductivity |
| PVK | poly (9-vinylcarbazole) |
| QM | Quantum Mechanics |
| RM | 2-methyl-1,4-phenylene bis(4-((6-(acryloyloxy)hexyl) oxy) benzoate) |
| SAXS | Small Angle X-ray Scattering |
| SCLC | Space Charge Limited Current |
| TEG | Triethyleneglycol |
| TOF | Time of Flight |
| TPBi | 2,2′,2″-(1,3,5-Benzinetriyl)-tris(1-phenyl-1-H-benzimidazole) |