Size-dependence of zirconia-based ceramics via deformation twinning

H. Zhang; H. Gu; J. Jetter; E. Quandt; R. D. James; J. R. Greer

doi:10.1016/j.eml.2020.101124

Size-dependence of zirconia-based ceramics via deformation twinning

H. Zhang
, H. Gu
, J. Jetter
, E. Quandt
, R. D. James
, J. R. Greer

Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics

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Abstract

Contrary to the dislocation-driven ‘smaller-is-stronger’ size-effect in nanocrystals, the size-dependence of strength in deformation twinning, another carrier of plasticity, still lacks universal understanding. Deformation twinning enables pseudoplastic strain of >5% in a shape memory ceramic (ZrHfO₄)_x (YTaO₄)_1−x. We use diffraction methods, microstructure analysis, and in-situ nanomechanical experiments to uncover contributing factors to the competition between twinning and slip in these submicron-sized ionic crystals, revealing power-law scaling of strength with size for both mechanisms. The significant twinning size-dependence was found to follow a superimposed power-law with exponent of -1, identical to that in metals. These findings unveil the universality of the superimposed power-law size-effect for twinning in single-crystals and provide new insights on deformability of ceramics and microstructure-driven nano-plasticity.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	101124
Journal	Extreme Mechanics Letters
Volume	42
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eml.2020.101124
State	Published - Jan 2021

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HZ and JRG gratefully acknowledges the financial support from the U.S. Department of Basic Energy Sciences under Grant DE-SC0006599 . HG and RDJ acknowledge the support of a Vannevar Bush Faculty Fellowship, USA . EQ and JJ acknowledge support by the German Research Foundation (DFG) via a Reinhart Koselleck project (Project number 313454214).

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Crystallography
Deformation twinning
In-situ nanomechanics
Plasticity
Shape memory ceramics

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