We have studied an alumina/zirconia interface using the all-electron projector augmented wave formalism within density functional theory. We present the electronic, structural, and energetic properties of the ZrO2(001)/a-Al2O3(11̄02) interface as well as of the free a-Al2O3(11̄02) and ZrO2(001) surfaces. We find that the generalized gradient correction significantly lowers the oxide surface energ...

0022-3093/$ see front matter 2008 Elsevier B.V. A doi:10.1016/j.jnoncrysol.2008.06.054 * Corresponding author. E-mail address: [email protected] (S. Lange). We obtained samarium-doped zirconia using two different routes. In one, atomic layer deposited thin crystalline films were doped by using ion implantation; this sample was mainly monoclinic. The other method, the skull-melting technique, y...

In recent years, 3 mol% yttria stabilized tetragonal zirconia polycrystals (3Y-TZP) doped with copper oxide has obtained increasing interest due to its enhanced superplasticity and good potential in tribological applications. In this work, the effect of addition of small amounts (0.8 mol%) of CuO on the sintering behaviour of 3Y-TZP was studied using a dilatometer and high temperature X-ray dif...

Nanophase (Ce, Zr, Pr)O2-doped alumina coatings were prepared by impregnating the cordierite ceramic honeycomb in the sol or in the slurry of already calcined powder, respectively. The effects of preparation methods on the crystal phase, texture, oxygen storage capacity (OSC), reducibility, surface morphology and thermal stability of coatings were investigated by X-ray diffraction (XRD), the Br...

A novel nanocomposite consisted of nanomaterials as (CuO:NiO) and carbon (fuel ash) were designed to absorb solar energy. Thin films were made via casting and spin coating of the dopants nanocomposite thin films, containing different concentration ratios of CuO:NiO. These thin films are precipitated on a glass and copper substrates. The optical properties of the doped fuel ash films with na...

Effect of zirconia nanoparticles (zirconia NPs/ZrO2 NPs) modified by 3 wt.% (glycidyloxypropyl) triethoxysilane – GPTES (m-ZrO2 on some properties epoxy coating such as mechanical properties, thermal stability and anti-corrosion performance was investigated. The obtained results indicated that the addition to could enhance this coating. 2 pure ZrO2 NPs (u-ZrO2 matrix increase (hardness adhesion...

Self-doping by Ti(3+) is a useful method to expand the light response of TiO2 into the visible light region. However, to obtain a stable Ti(3+)-doped TiO2 seems to be a challenge due to the easy oxidation of Ti(3+) during the heterogeneous reaction. Here, we propose a simple carbon coating route to stabilize the Ti(3+)-doped TiO2, in which both the Ti(3+) and precursor of the carbon coating lay...