Synthesis and characterization of hexagonal zirconium phosphate nanoparticles

Abdol Reza Hajipour, Hirbod Karimi

2014/2/1

Materials Letters

116

356-358

North-Holland

A facile synthesis of zirconium phosphate (ZP) nanoparticles was studied using polyvinyl 
alcohol (PVA), polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP), stoichiometric amounts of zirconyl chloride and 
phosphoric acid. It was performed in acidic medium via precipitation. After calcinations of 
PVA/ZP and PVP/ZP at 550 C for 4 h, pure ZP nanoparticles with hexagonal shape were 
obtained. H-bonds between ZP and PVA or PVP along polymer chains, play an important 
role in the dispersion of in situ prepared ZP. The formation of ZP nanoparticles was ...