ABSTRACT. Disk-shaped molecules with large aromatic π-surface are a class of organic semiconductors of which the charge carrier transport properties could be greatly facilitated by preferred intermolecular stacking of the π-surfaces. The optical and electronic properties are not only determined by the core aromatic structure of these disk-shaped molecules, but also strongly dependent on the sidechains, which directly impact the molecular self-assembly behavior in condensed phases. Triphenylene-tris(naphthaleneimidazole) (TP-TNI) is a recently reported ntype semiconductor featuring a large π-core and branched sidechains with an electron transporting mobility reaching 10 -4 cm 2 V -1 s -1 . In order to further improve material performance, a detailed study is needed to understand the dependence of carrier transporting properties on both the core electronic structure and the sidechain. Here we present the detailed synthesis and characterization of a TP-TNI derivative bearing linear sidechains, which has demonstrated a field effect electron transport mobility up to 1.3×10 -3 cm 2 V -1 s -1 . The more than one order improvement of electron transport properties over the branched side chain homologue can be correlated to ordered twisted packing in the thin film, as revealed by in situ variable temperature grazing incidence wide-angle X-ray scattering (GIWAXS) studies. In-depth theoretical understanding of the frontier orbitals, reorganization energies and charge transfer integrals of TP-TNI molecules have provided further insight into the relationship between molecular stacking geometry and charge transporting properties.3