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Microscopic mapping of dopant content and its link to the structural and thermal stability of yttria-stabilized zirconia polycrystals

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The effect of yttria content on structural and thermal stability of zirconia in yttria-stabilized zirconia (YSZ) polycrystalline ceramics was systematically investigated by Raman spectroscopy and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. Taking advantage of an experimentally retrieved linear dependence of Raman bandwidth on yttria content, Raman imaging was applied as an effective tool in examining the local yttrium distribution in YSZ ceramics and its relationship with environmentally driven polymorphic transformation. A significant variation of monoclinic fraction with yttria content and temperature was found and interpreted according to a newly proposed model, which takes into account the change in lattice hydroxyl and oxygen vacancies and the possible formation of stable defect complexes.

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  1. Ceramic Physics Laboratory, Kyoto Institute of Technology, Sakyo-ku, Matsugasaki, Kyoto, 606-8585, Japan

    Wenliang Zhu, Shizuka Nakashima, Elia Marin & Giuseppe Pezzotti

  2. Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Shanghai University, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China

    Hui Gu

  3. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Tokyo Medical University, 6-7-1, Nishi-Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 160-0023, Japan

    Giuseppe Pezzotti

  4. The Center for Advanced Medical Engineering and Informatics, Osaka University, Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871, Japan

    Giuseppe Pezzotti

  5. Department of Immunology, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine Kamigyo-ku, 465 Kajii-cho, Kawaramachi dori, Kyoto, 602-0841, Japan

    Giuseppe Pezzotti

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Zhu, W., Nakashima, S., Marin, E. et al. Microscopic mapping of dopant content and its link to the structural and thermal stability of yttria-stabilized zirconia polycrystals. J Mater Sci 55, 524–534 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-019-04080-9

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