Critical size of the phase transition from cubic to tetragonal in pure zirconia nanoparticles

Nano Letters

Volumn 3, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 871-875

  Tsunekawa, S ^a   Ito, S ^a   Kawazoe, Y ^a   Wang, J T ^b  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ZIRCONIUM OXIDE;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MOLECULAR SIZE; NANOPARTICLE; OBSERVATION; PHASE TRANSITION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 0141853310     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl034129t     Document Type: Article

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