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Preparation of Zinc Oxide Nanofibers by Electrospinning
Author(s) -
Wu Hui,
Pan Wei
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
journal of the american ceramic society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.9
H-Index - 196
eISSN - 1551-2916
pISSN - 0002-7820
DOI - 10.1111/j.1551-2916.2005.00735.x
Subject(s) - electrospinning , thermogravimetric analysis , zinc , calcination , scanning electron microscope , nanofiber , chemical engineering , materials science , fourier transform infrared spectroscopy , nuclear chemistry , sol gel , polymer chemistry , chemistry , nanotechnology , polymer , composite material , organic chemistry , metallurgy , catalysis , engineering
Ultra‐thin fibers of zinc oxide (ZnO) were prepared by sol–gel processing and the electrospinning technique using poly(vinyl acetate) and zinc acetate as precursors. The fibers were characterized by thermogravimetric analysis, scanning electron microscopy, Fourier‐transfer infrared, and X‐ray diffraction, respectively. The results showed that the diameter of the precursor fibers increased with increasing zinc acetate content, and the size of the inorganic ZnO nanofibers decreased obviously as the calcining time increased.