On the role of oxygen vacancies and lattice strain in the tetragonal to monoclinic transformation in alumina/zirconia composites and improved environmental stability

Biomaterials

Volumn 31, Issue 27, 2010, Pages 6901-6908

  Pezzotti, Giuseppe ^a,b,c   Munisso, Maria C ^a   Porporati, Alessandro A ^a   Lessnau, Kristina ^a,d  

^a KYOTO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CERAMTEC AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alumina; Microstructure; Stress analysis; Zirconia

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA MATRIX; ALUMINA/ZIRCONIA COMPOSITES; ARTIFICIAL JOINT; CATHODOLUMINESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; COMPOSITE SURFACE; ENVIRONMENTAL RESISTANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL STABILITY; EXPOSURE-TIME; HUMAN BODIES; LATTICE STRAIN; MECHANOCHEMICALS; NANO-METER SCALE; OPTICAL ACTIVITY; POLYMORPHIC TRANSFORMATION; SURFACE LATTICE; SURFACE OXYGEN VACANCIES; TETRAGONAL-TO-MONOCLINIC TRANSFORMATION; THERMALLY ACTIVATED;

BIOCERAMICS; MICROSTRUCTURE; OXYGEN; STRESS ANALYSIS; VACANCIES; WATER VAPOR; ZIRCONIA;

OXYGEN VACANCIES;

ALUMINUM OXIDE; OXYGEN; ZIRCONIUM OXIDE; NANOCOMPOSITE; ZIRCONIUM;

ARTICLE; COMPOSITE MATERIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTROCHEMICAL MICROSCOPY; WATER VAPOR; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; CHEMISTRY; MATERIALS TESTING; MECHANICAL STRESS;

ALUMINUM OXIDE; MATERIALS TESTING; NANOCOMPOSITES; OXYGEN; STRESS, MECHANICAL; ZIRCONIUM;

EID: 77954385560     PISSN: 01429612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2010.05.035     Document Type: Article

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