electrical performance combined with ambient stability. Strategy for improving the ambient stability of thiophene polymers involves decreasing the HOMO energy level of polymers below the threshold for thermodynamically favorable electrochemical oxidation. [ 1d , 2b , 4 ] This strategy can be achieved in several ways such as reducing the electron density of the conjugated polymer by introduction of electrondefi cient monomers, shorting π -electron conjugation along the polymer chain either sterically by reducing π -electron overlap between adjacent repeating units or electronically by introducing repeating units, which hindered delocalization in the backbone. [ 1d , 5 ] However, consideration should be also given in maintaining strong interpolymer interaction and matching of HOMO energy level of polymers with the work function of electrodes for achievement of high fi eld-effect transistor performances.The incorporation of electron-defi cient nitrogencontaining heterocycles into the conjugated backbone can lower the HOMO energy levels of polymers as compared with phenylene or thiophene analogues. [ 6 ] 2,4,6-Trisubstituted pyridine derivatives have been extensively used as building blocks in supramolecular chemistry due to good π -stacking ability, directional H-bonding, and metal coordination properties. [ 6e , 7 ] 2,4,6-Trisubstituted pyridine derivatives with meta-linked aromatic structures Macromol. Chem. Phys. 2012, 213, 917−923Figure 5 . XRD measurements on the thin fi lms of PBDTTPy annealed at at (a) 25, (b) 80, (c) 120, and (d) 160 ° C.