In
this work, two novel donor/acceptor (D/A) complexes, namely,
diindenoperylene (DIP)/1,3,4,5,7,8-hexafluoro-tetracyanonaphthoquinodimethane
(F6TCNNQ) and alpha-sexithiophene (6T)/F6TCNNQ, are studied. The D/A
complexes segregate in form of π–π stacked D/A
cocrystals and can be observed by X-ray scattering. The different
conformational degrees of freedom of the donor molecules, respectively,
seem to affect the thin-film crystalline texture and composition of
the D/A mixtures significantly. In equimolar mixtures, for DIP/F6TCNNQ,
the crystallites are mostly uniaxially oriented and homogeneous, whereas
for 6T/F6TCNNQ, a mostly 3D (isotropic) orientation of the crystallites
and coexistence of domains of pristine compounds and D/A complex,
respectively, are observed. Using optical absorption spectroscopy,
we observe for each of the two mixed systems a set of new, strong
transitions located in the near-IR range below the gap of the pristine
compounds: such transitions are related to charge-transfer (CT) interactions
between donor and acceptor. The optical anisotropy of domains of the
D/A complexes with associated new electronic states is studied by
ellipsometry. We infer that the CT-related transition dipole moment
is perpendicular to the respective π-conjugated planes in the
D/A complex.