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Defects in Zirconia Nanomaterials Doped with Rare-Earth Oxides

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Prochazka I., Cizek J., Melikhova O., Konstantinova T., Danilenko I.

Acta Physica Polonica A

2014

vol. 125

issue 3

760-763

Positron lifetime and coincidence Doppler broadening measurements on ZrO_2+3 mol.% RE_2O_3 (RE = Eu, Gd, Lu) nanopowders and ceramics obtained by sintering these nanopowders are reported. The initial nanopowders were prepared by a co-precipitation technique and exhibited a mean particle size of ≈ 15 nm. The nanopowders were calcined and pressure-compacted. All compacted nanopowders exhibited the prevailing tetragonal phase with at most 15% of the monoclinic admixture. Positrons in compacted nanopowders were found to annihilate almost exclusively at grain boundaries: (i) vacancy-like misfit defects along grain boundaries and (ii) larger defects situated at intersections of grain boundaries (triple points). In nanopowders, a small portion of positrons formed positronium in pores between crystallites. Sintering of nanopowders at 1500C caused a substantial grain growth and formation of ceramics. Sintering-induced grain growth led to a disappearance of the triple points and pores. The ceramics containing Eu and Gd dopants consist of mixture of the monoclinic and the tetragonal phase, while the ceramics with Lu dopant exhibits almost exclusively the tetragonal phase.

Positronium Probing of Pores in Zirconia Nanopowders

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Prochazka I., Cizek J., Lukac F., Melikhova O., Hruska P., Anwand W., Liedke M., Konstantinova T., Danilenko I.

Acta Physica Polonica A

2017

vol. 132

issue 5

1564-1567

In the present paper, conventional positron lifetime measurements on selected zirconia-based nanopowders are reported. The nanopowders were doped with various metal cations (Y³⁺, Eu³⁺, Gd³⁺, Lu³⁺ and Mg²⁺). Lifetime experiments were conducted in air and supplemented with mass density measurements. In a range of lifetimes, from a few ns to ≈70 ns, up to two individual lifetime components could be identified. Such observations confirmed positronium (Ps) formation with subsequent ortho-Ps pick-off annihilation as well as the occurrence of pores of different size. Pore sizes were estimated using a shape-free model of the correlation between pore size and ortho-Ps lifetime. The origins of pores are discussed on the basis of the ortho-Ps data in combination with the results of mass density measurements.

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Defects in Zirconia Nanomaterials Doped with Rare-Earth Oxides

Positronium Probing of Pores in Zirconia Nanopowders