Periodic mesoporous organosilica (PMO) materials prepared by surfactant-directed polycondensation of bridged organosilane precursors (R[Si(OR') 3 ] n ; n ! 2, R = organic bridging groups, R' = methyl, ethyl, etc.) are a new class of functional porous hybrid materials. [1][2][3][4][5][6] Organic groups R can be densely embedded within the pore walls without plugging the mesopores. Various organic bridges R ranging from functional p systems to metal complexes are available for tailoring functional frameworks with particular properties, such as tuning of HOMO-LUMO levels, fixation of electroactive organic groups, and formation of reactive and catalytic sites. [7][8][9][10][11][12] One of the most remarkable features of PMOs is the induction of molecular-scale periodicity in the pore wall, which has been realized for PMOs synthesized from dipodal rod-like precursors with rigid p-conjugated aromatic bridges (for example, 1,4-phenylene and 4,4'-biphenylylene) under basic hydrolytic conditions (Figure 1 a, left). [13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20] Molecularscale "crystal-like" ordering of the framework should enable design and control of the optical, electrical, and surface properties of PMOs. However, all of the conventional crystallike PMOs show lamellar structures consisting of alternating organic and silica layers (Figure 1 a, left). [13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20] In this configuration, the distance between neighboring organic bridges is about 0.44 nm, which is much longer than typical face-to-face p-p stacking distances (0.34-0.36 nm); [21,22] therefore, neither strong electronic coupling nor significant electroconductive properties are expected for the pore walls. The lamellar arrangement is thought to be directed by a hydrophobichydrophilic interaction of fully hydrolyzed dipodal precursors ((HO) 3 SiÀRÀSi(OH) 3 ) and subsequent polycondensation; the position and distance of the organic bridges are restricted by the chemical bond length of the siloxane network.Herein we present the first synthesis of a new class of molecularly ordered PMOs with columnar stacking of the bridging organic groups with a face-to-face p-stacking distance of 0.35-0.36 nm (Figure 1 a, right). The new PMOs were synthesized by surfactant-directed polycondensation of newly designed disk-like alkoxysilane precursors with hydrophobic and electroactive perylene bisimide (PBI) [22] cores (Figure 1 b). The key to the formation of this new type of the ordered structure is full utilization of the p-p stacking nature of the hydrophobic PBI moieties rather than the hydrophobic-hydrophilic interaction. As shown in Figure 1 c, the formation of mesostructured hybrids consisting of p-stacked PBI columns and micellar aggregates of a cationic surfactant is promoted under basic hydrolytic conditions through columnar self-assembly of disk-like PBI precursors and electrostatic interaction between the cationic surface of the micelles and the anionic silanolate groups of the columnassembled precursors. The PBI columns are then wrapped and reinforced with a pur...