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Solvent vapor annealing (SVA) with chloroform (CF) was found to profoundly impact on the structural and morphological changes, and thus on the charge transport characteristics, of the P3HT-NW-embedded P3HT films. With increased annealing time, the density of crystalline P3HT NWs was increased within the resultant films, and also intra- and intermolecular interactions of the corresponding films were significantly improved. As a result, the P3HT-NW-embedded P3HT films annealed with CF vapor for 20 min resulted in a maximized charge carrier mobility of ~0.102 cm2 V\u22121 s\u22121, which is higher than that of pristine P3HT films by 4.4-fold (\u03bc = ~0.023 cm2 V\u22121 s\u22121).<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/polym12051188","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2020,5,25]],"date-time":"2020-05-25T11:42:02Z","timestamp":1590406922000},"page":"1188","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":19,"title":["Effects of Solvent Vapor Annealing on Morphology and Charge Transport of Poly(3-hexylthiophene) (P3HT) Films Incorporated with Preformed P3HT Nanowires"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"12","author":[{"given":"Mingu","family":"Jang","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Polymer Engineering, Graduate School, Chonnam National University, Gwangju 61186, Korea"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Yang-Il","family":"Huh","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Polymer Engineering, Graduate School, Chonnam National University, Gwangju 61186, Korea"},{"name":"School of Polymer Science and Engineering, Chonnam National University, Gwangju 61186, Korea"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-1090-4930","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Mincheol","family":"Chang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Polymer Engineering, Graduate School, Chonnam National University, Gwangju 61186, Korea"},{"name":"School of Polymer Science and Engineering, Chonnam National University, Gwangju 61186, Korea"},{"name":"Alan G. 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