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Size-Induced Tetragonal to Monoclinic Phase Transition in Zirconia Nanocrystals.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 2011

Gianguido Baldinozzi ,
David Simeone ,
Dominique Gosset ,
Michael Dutheil  and
Jan Kusinski
Gianguido Baldinozzi
Affiliation:
SPMS, UMR 8580 CNRS-Ecole Centrale Paris, Grande voie des vignes, 92295 Châtenay-Malabry, FR.baldinozzi@spms.ecp.fr
David Simeone
Affiliation:
SPMS, UMR 8580 CNRS-Ecole Centrale Paris, Grande voie des vignes, 92295 Châtenay-Malabry, FR.baldinozzi@spms.ecp.fr SRMA, CEA Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, FR.david.simeone@cea.fr
Dominique Gosset
Affiliation:
SRMA, CEA Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, FR.david.simeone@cea.fr
Michael Dutheil
Affiliation:
SRMA, CEA Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, FR.david.simeone@cea.fr
Jan Kusinski
Affiliation:
SPMS, UMR 8580 CNRS-Ecole Centrale Paris, Grande voie des vignes, 92295 Châtenay-Malabry, FR.baldinozzi@spms.ecp.fr Academy of Mining and Metallurgy, AGH Krakow, PL
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Abstract

Accurate neutron powder diffraction experiments at D20, ILL Grenoble, allowed to monitor the reconstructive tetragonal to monoclinic phase transition as a function of the size of zirconia nanoparticles. In the nanocrystals, both phases are identical to the ones generally observed in micrometric zirconia. Rietveld refinements on these samples point out an increase of the tetragonal fraction and a decrease of the lattice parameters when the size of the particle decreases. An uniaxial strain depending on the grain size is also observed. The phase transition definitely occurs above a threshold crystal size. These results are analysed within the Landau theory and they can be understood as a mechanism of size-dependent phase transition where the primary order parameter is altered by the nanoparticle size.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 791: Symposium Q – Mechanical Properties of Nanostructured Materials and Nanocomposites , 2003 , Q5.2
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2004

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