place within the active layer during device operation. They can also be employed as the active layer in electronic devices, for instance fi eld effect transistors (FETs), [10][11][12][13] where the gate voltage mediates the charge transport in the channel from source to drain of a transistor.In these devices, the layer made of conjugated polymer usually has a thickness of tens to hundreds of nanometers, and is necessarily interfaced with other layers with specifi c functions to make an operational device. These functional layers can be made from a range of materials, for example, small molecules, polymers, metals or metal oxides. [ 14,15 ] It is well accepted that the free surface and interface effects can signifi cantly infl uence the physical properties of many materials under confi nement. [16][17][18][19] The proximity of conjugated polymer thin fi lms to the aforementioned materials can affect the molecular conformation and orientation, therefore impacts on the physical properties near the interfacial region through to the bulk, and consequently infl uences the electronic and optoelectronic properties of devices. [19][20][21] An overview of fundamental characters of nanometer-thick conjugated polymer thin fi lms interfacing different materials, and the consequent infl uences on their thermal, structural and charge transport properties, is overdue and falls in the focus of this article. We start with the deviations of the glass transition temperature (T g ) of saturated polymer thin fi lms from their bulk values and discuss how free surface and interfacial inter actions will change chain dynamics and impact on the local T g at different depth and consequently the averaged T g of the whole thin fi lm. We then summarize the deviations of thermal transition temperatures, i.e. T g and crystallization temperature (T c ), of conjugated polymer thin fi lms supported on different substrates. Characteristics of molecular structure, i.e. π−π stacking, orientation and crystallinity, in the cross-section of conjugated polymer thin fi lms as probed by surface-and depth-sensitive techniques like near-edge X-ray absorption fi ne structure (NEXAFS) and grazing incidence wide angle X-ray scattering (GIWAXS) are summarized. The infl uences of local molecular structure at different depth of a thin fi lm on the out-of-plane and in-plane charge mobilities of conjugated polymers in diode and fi eld-effect transistor devices are also discussed.Conjugated polymers are widely employed as the active layer in various electronic and optoelectronic devices. In this article, the modifi cations of thermal, structural and charge transport properties of conjugated polymers confi ned in thin fi lm geometry are reviewed. Deviations of thermal transition temperatures of conjugated polymers are summarized and discussed through lessons drawn from conventional saturated polymer thin fi lms. These phenomena are explained by the surface and interface effects that virtually divide a thin fi lm into several vertically heterogeneous layers each having ...