Fabrication and characterization of electrospun single-crystal lead manganese borate nanofibers

[Display omitted] •Single crystal PbMnBO4 nanofibers were successfully fabricated by electrospinning process.•The PbMnBO4 nanofibers synthesized for the first time and unprecedented in the literature.•Characterization of PbMnBO4 nanofibers in mineralogical, optical and thermal properties was revealed.•The nanofibers exhibit single crystalline features with an average size between 120 and 250nm.•These nanofibers can be used in optic or photonic fields as a flexible sensor due to its nonlinear and ferromagnetic properties. Anhydrous borate compounds are important materials in optical applications as nonlinear optical materials (NLO), due to the presence of structural BxOy subunits. Herein, lead manganese borate (PbMnBO4) nanofibers have been firstly fabricated via a facile approach using a simple and inexpensive electrospinning technique. All of the synthesized samples were analyzed with X-Ray Diffractometer (XRD), Transmission Electron Microscope (TEM), Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM), Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR), and Ultraviolet-visible Spectroscopy (UV–vis) method. In addition, they were thermally analyzed with Thermal Gravimetric and Differential Thermal Analyzer and TG-DTA diagrams were discussed in detail. All of the characterization results showed that the obtained PbMnBO4 nanostructures have nanofiber structures and good crystalline features. PbMnBO4 nanofiber synthesized for the first time and unprecedented in the literature is promising absorber materials for nonlinear optic applications.