Comparative and verified studies of zirconium nanocomposite nanofibres by bubble spinning.

Ya Li; Ji-Huan He

Zirconia nanocomposite nanofibres were prepared from several different as-spun fibre polymers fabricated by the bubble spinning, a novel spinning method for mass production of nanofibres. To obtain various zirconia nanocomposites, several polymers were used as zirconia powder carriers for a bubble spinning. The morphology, the thermal/mechanical property and pore-size distribution of the obtained nanofibres were characterised and the theoretical fluid mechanics analyses were described, then a comparative and verified study drew a conclusion on the distinctions of their principle structural diagrams, resulting in different properties. Among all these nanocomposites, PAN-based zirconia nanocomposite was found to outperform all the rest nanocomposites, which had the best thermal stability, the most uniform pore structure and the highest strength.

ZIRCONIUM; NANOCOMPOSITE materials; NANOFIBERS; SPINNING (Textiles); THERMAL stability

Micro & Nano Letters (Wiley-Blackwell), 2018, Vol 13, Issue 2, p228

1750-0443

Academic Journal

10.1049/mnl.2017.0075