Simultaneous enhancement of fracture toughness and unipolar strain in Pb (Zr, Ti) O 3- ZrO 2 composites through composition adjustment

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 97, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1582-1588

  Seo, Yo Han ^a   Koruza, Jurij ^a,b   Benčan, Andreja ^b   Malič, Barbara ^b   Rödel, Jürgen ^a   Webber, Kyle G ^a  

^a DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; FRACTURE MECHANICS; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; LEAD; X RAY DIFFRACTION; YTTRIA STABILIZED ZIRCONIA; ZIRCONIUM;

CRACK RESISTANCE; ELECTROMECHANICAL RESPONSE; FERROELECTRIC RESPONSE; FRACTURE BEHAVIOR; MATRIX COMPOSITION; TETRAGONAL ZIRCONIA; YTTRIA-STABILIZED; ZIRCONIA PARTICLES;

ZIRCONIA;

EID: 84900854267     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: 15512916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jace.12929     Document Type: Article

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