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dc.contributor.authorOnwudiwe, Damian C.
dc.contributor.authorStrydom, Christien A.
dc.contributor.authorVala, Remy M.K.
dc.contributor.authorTichagwa, Lilian
dc.date.accessioned2016-09-07T11:12:37Z
dc.date.available2016-09-07T11:12:37Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.identifier.citationOnwudiwe, D.C. et al. 2015. Preparation and structural properties of electrospun PAN nanofibers reinforced with ZnS nanoparticles. Synthesis and reactivity in inorganic, metal-organic, and nano-metal chemistry, 45(8):1251-1259. [https://doi.org/10.1080/15533174.2013.862696]en_US
dc.identifier.issn1553-3174
dc.identifier.issn1553-3182 (Online)
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10394/18563
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1080/15533174.2013.862696
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/15533174.2013.862696
dc.description.abstractPolymer nanocomposite fibers based on polyacrylonitrile (PAN), reinforced with different morphologies of ZnS nanoparticles at different percentage loadings were prepared using the electrospinning method. The thermal decomposition profile of the nanofibers was investigated using thermogravimetric analysis (TGA). The morphology and structure of the nanofibers were studied by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and X-ray diffraction. TGA results indicated an enhanced thermal stability of the fibers after incorporation of the nanoparticles. SEM images indicated a linear relationship between the diameter of the PAN-ZnS fibers and the concentration of the hybrid composite solution. X-ray diffraction showed that the ZnS nanoparticles were in cubic phaseen_US
dc.description.sponsorshipNational Research Foundation (NRF), South Africa, North-West University, Potchefstroom, and GMRDC, University of Fort Hare, South Africaen_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherTaylor & Francisen_US
dc.subjectZnS nanoparticlesen_US
dc.subjectPAN-ZnSen_US
dc.subjectNanofibersen_US
dc.subjectStructural propertiesen_US
dc.titlePreparation and structural properties of electrospun PAN nanofibers reinforced with ZnS nanoparticlesen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.contributor.researchID23567856 - Onwudiwe, Damian Chinedu
dc.contributor.researchID20682972 - Strydom, Christiena Adriana


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