Grain size dependent phase transition and Hall-Petch relationship in nanocrystalline Scandia-Zirconia: an in-situ TEM study

• Grant number: 17/25501-3
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships abroad - Research Internship - Post-doctor
• Start date: March 01, 2018
• End date: February 28, 2019
• Field of knowledge: Engineering - Materials and Metallurgical Engineering - Nonmetallic Materials
• Principal Investigator: Eliana Navarro dos Santos Muccillo
• Grantee: Robson Lopes Grosso
• Supervisor: Shen J Dillon
• Host Institution: Instituto de Pesquisas Energéticas e Nucleares (IPEN). Secretaria de Desenvolvimento Econômico (São Paulo - Estado). São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• Institution abroad: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, United States
• Associated to the scholarship: 16/06205-1 - Characterization of nanostructured scandia-zirconia ceramics consolidated by spark plasma sintering., BP.PD

Abstract

Scandia-zirconia (ScZ) has a great technological interest for solid electrolyte applications due to the highest ionic conductivity among zirconia-based ceramics. However, ScZ usually requires high temperatures (> 1600 °C) to achieve 95% relative density by conventional sintering. Fully dense nanocrystalline ScZ specimens were obtained by recently proposed deformable punch spark plasma sintering technique (DP-SPS). It has been postulated that DP-SPS method inhibits grain growth due to the low processing temperatures and eliminates isolated residual pores due to high pressure application. Samples of ZrO2 containing 6 to 20 mol% Sc2O3 were synthesized by coprecipitation, calcined, and sintered by DP-SPS at low temperatures (700 to 800 °C) and high pressures (1.5 and 2 GPa). X-ray diffraction patterns only revealed a cubic single phase in polycrystalline samples with average grain size between 8 and 20 nm. In this work, grain size dependent phase transition and mechanical properties in nanostructured ScZ will be investigated by in-situ transmission electron microscopy (TEM). Phase transitions as a function of grain size will be investigated during coarsening by high temperature in-situ TEM. Mechanical properties will be determined via in-situ TEM nanomechanical testing and Hall-Petch relationship will be verified by changing grain size for a specific composition and polymorph. Sintered samples will be carefully prepared by focused ion beam. Considering that there is scarce information about microstructure of fully dense nanostructured (< 20 nm) ceramics in the current literature, results originated from this work will represent original data with relevant scientific contribution.

Scientific publications

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GROSSO, ROBSON L.; MUCCILLO, ELIANA N. S.; MUCHE, DERECK N. F.; JAWAHARRAM, GOWTHAM S.; BARR, CHRISTOPHER M.; MONTERROSA, ANTHONY M.; CASTRO, RICARDO H. R.; HATTAR, KHALID; DILLON, SHEN J.. In Situ Transmission Electron Microscopy for Ultrahigh Temperature Mechanical Testing of ZrO2. Nano Letters, v. 20, n. 2, p. 1041-1046, FEB 2020. (16/06205-1, 17/25501-3)

GROSSO, ROBSON L.; VIKRANT, K. S. N.; FENG, LIN; MUCCILLO, ELIANA N. S.; MUCHE, DERECK N. F.; JAWAHARRAM, GOWTHAM S.; BARR, CHRISTOPHER M.; MONTERROSA, ANTHONY M.; CASTRO, RICARDO H. R.; GARCIA, R. EDWIN; et al. Ultrahigh temperature in situ transmission electron microscopy based bicrystal coble creep in Zirconia II: Interfacial thermodynamics and transport mechanisms. ACTA MATERIALIA, v. 200, p. 1008-1021, NOV 2020. (16/06205-1, 17/25501-3)

GROSSO, ROBSON L.; MUCHE, DERECK N. F.; YONAMINE, TAEKO; MUCCILLO, ELIANA N. S.; DILLON, SHEN J.; CASTRO, RICARDO H. R.. Sintering of translucent and single-phase nanostructured scandia-stabilized zirconia. Materials Letters, v. 253, p. 246-249, OCT 15 2019. (16/06205-1, 17/25501-3)

VIKRANT, K. S. N.; GROSSO, ROBSON L.; FENG, LIN; MUCCILLO, ELIANA N. S.; MUCHE, DERECK N. F.; JAWAHARRAM, GOWTHAM S.; BARR, CHRISTOPHER M.; MONTERROSA, ANTHONY M.; CASTRO, RICARDO H. R.; GARCIA, R. EDWIN; et al. Ultrahigh temperature in situ transmission electron microscopy based bicrystal coble creep in zirconia I: Nanowire growth and interfacial diffusivity. ACTA MATERIALIA, v. 199, p. 12-pg., 2020-10-15. (16/06205-1, 17/25501-3)