We have developed an approach to generate micropatterns of anisotropic organic materials which exploits the self-organization, driven by pi-stacking and hydrophobic interactions, of an ionic perylenebis(dicarboximide) in aqueous solutions.

Mechanical shearing of N,N‘-bis(N,N-diethylaminoethyl)perylene-3,4:9,10-bis(dicarboximide) dihydrochloride in a lyotropic liquid-crystalline phase produced oriented solid films that exhibit highly anisotropic fluorescence emission. The highest emission intensity is observed when the shearing direction of the film is perpendicular to the polarization axes of the excitation and emission light.

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