PMID- 21449415 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20110513 LR - 20190715 IS - 1533-4880 (Print) IS - 1533-4880 (Linking) VI - 11 IP - 3 DP - 2011 Mar TI - Preparation and characterization of polycrystalline La2Zr2O7 ultrafine fibres via electrospinning. PG - 2514-9 AB - Polyvinyl Pyrrolidone (PVP)/(Lanthanum nitrate and zirconium oxychloride) microfibres were fabricated by electrospinning. SEM micrographs indicated that the surface of the prepared composite microfibres was smooth, and the diameter of the microfibres was in the range of 2 microm-5 microm. X-ray diffractormetry (XRD) analysis revealed that the composite microfibres were amorphous in structure. La2Zr2O7 porous hollow ultrafine fibres (PHUF) were fabricated by calcination of the PVP/[La(NO3)3 + ZrOCl2] composite microfibres. The diameters of La2Zr2O7 PHUF were smaller than those of the PVP/[La(NO3)3 + ZrOCl2] composite microfibres. The surface of the ultrafine fibres became coarse with the increase of calcination temperatures. La2Zr2O7 PHUF formed by nanoparticles were acquired when calcination temperature was above 800 degrees C. Scanning electron microscope (SEM) analysis indicated that the diameter of the synthesized La2Zr2O7 PHUF was in the range of 500 nm-800 nm. XRD analysis revealed that the crystal structure of La2Zr2O7PHUF was found to be of the fluorite type when calcination temperature was 800 degrees C-900 degrees C, and of the pyrochlore type at 1000 degrees C. The latter is cubic in structure with space group Fd3m. The conductance of La2Zr2O7 PHUF is high to 5.19 S/cm2 and has no effect of frequency. Possible formation mechanism for La2Zr2O7 PHUF was preliminarily proposed. FAU - Wang, Jinxian AU - Wang J AD - School of Chemistry and Environmental Engineering, Changchun University of Science and Technology, Changchun 130022, PR China. FAU - Dong, Xiangting AU - Dong X FAU - Cui, Qizheng AU - Cui Q FAU - Liu, Guixia AU - Liu G FAU - Yu, Wensheng AU - Yu W LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - United States TA - J Nanosci Nanotechnol JT - Journal of nanoscience and nanotechnology JID - 101088195 RN - 0 (Macromolecular Substances) RN - 0 (Pyrrolidinones) RN - 6I3K30563S (Lanthanum) RN - C6V6S92N3C (Zirconium) RN - S38N85C5G0 (zirconium oxide) SB - IM MH - Crystallization/*methods MH - Electrochemistry/*methods MH - Lanthanum/*chemistry MH - Macromolecular Substances/chemistry MH - Materials Testing MH - Molecular Conformation MH - Nanostructures/*chemistry/*ultrastructure MH - Nanotechnology/methods MH - Particle Size MH - Pyrrolidinones/*chemistry MH - Rotation MH - Surface Properties MH - Zirconium/*chemistry EDAT- 2011/04/01 06:00 MHDA- 2011/05/14 06:00 CRDT- 2011/04/01 06:00 PHST- 2011/04/01 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2011/04/01 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2011/05/14 06:00 [medline] AID - 10.1166/jnn.2011.3574 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Nanosci Nanotechnol. 2011 Mar;11(3):2514-9. doi: 10.1166/jnn.2011.3574.