• Journal of the Korean Ceramic Society
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• v.32 no.9
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• pp.967-976
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• 1995

The possiblity of the existence of a spontaneous relaxor-normal ferroelectric transition was proposed and examined using 1~5 mol% PbZrO3-doped Pb(Ni1/3Nb2/3)O3-PbTiO3 (PNN-PT) systems having tetragonal symmetry at rom temperature. On cooling, the system with 60mol% Pb(Ni1/3Nb2/3)O3 underwent a spontaneous transition from a relaxor to a normal ferroelectric state. A microscopic examination demonstrates that the relaxornormal ferroelectric transition corresponds to a micro-macro domain switching accompanied with thermoelastic martensitic transformation. The long-range macrodomains below the transition temperature were characterized by twinlike 90$^{\circ}$macrodomains with tetragonal symmetry. The relaxor-normal ferroelectric transition was further correlated with the rhombohedral-tetragonal first-order structural transition.

• Journal of the Korean Ceramic Society
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• v.29 no.9
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• pp.719-728
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• 1992

ZrO2/Al2O3-Mullite composites were prepared by infiltration of the silica sol to the porous ZrO2/Al2O3 bodies. The porous ZrO2/Al2O3 bodies for infiltration were fabricated using ZrO2 (20wt%)/Al2O3 composite powders synthesized by the emulsion-hot kerosene drying method. The preparation of silica sols was conducted by the hydrolysis-peptization of an alcoholic TEOS solution. When ZrO2/Al2O3-Mullite and ZrO2/Al2O3 composites were sintered at 1$650^{\circ}C$ for 4 hrs, both of them showed an excellent sinterability. As the amount of mullite added in the composites increased, the ratio of the tetragonal phase of zirconia to the monoclinic phase at the room temperature became higher. It was known that values of the fracture toughness of the ZrO2/Al2O3-Mullite composites were about 5.48 MPa.m1/2 much larger than that of the ZrO2/Al2O3 system.

• Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea TE
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• v.39 no.1
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• pp.1-8
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• 2002

The effects of the addition of either monoclinic $ZrO_2$($ZrO_2$(m)) or tetragonal $ZrO_2$($ZrO_2$(t)) containing 5.35wt% $Y_2O_3$ on the physical properties and electrical conductivity of TEX>$Al_2O_3$ were investigated. The addition of $ZrO_2$(m) and $ZrO_2$(t) increased sintered density of $Al_2O_3$. The Vickers hardness also increased as addition of >($ZrO_2$(t) increased going through a maximum at 20wt% and the hardness of the specimens was found to be dependent on the sintered density. The addition of $ZrO_2$(t) improved the hardness of $Al_2O_3$-$ZrO_2$ systems and the $ZrO_2$(m) addition showed the better effect on the thermal shock property of $Al_2O_3$-$ZrO_2$ systems than that of the $ZrO_2$(t) addition. Above 15wt% addition of $ZrO_2$(t), the electrical conductivity is gradually increased with increasing applied voltage but not effects by addition of $ZrO_2$(m).

• Journal of the Korean Ceramic Society
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• v.26 no.4
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• pp.568-574
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• 1989

Effect of PbO addition on sintering and piezoelectric properties at 0.45Pb(Ni1/3Nb2/3)O3-0.40PbTiO3-0.15PbZrO3 composition which is tetragonal phase was investigated. In this composition, Porosity and dielectric constant were increased with excess PbO addition, but Kp and d31 was not changed. These variation of physical properties could be interpreted as composition change of solid grains from tetragonal to MPB region due to amount of PbO-rich liquid changing.

• Journal of the Korean Crystal Growth and Crystal Technology
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• v.7 no.3
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• pp.377-383
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• 1997

Yttria-stabilized TZP alloyed with pentavalent oxides $(Ta_2O_5,\;Nb_2O_5)$ were fabricated by the conventional sintering method at $1500^{\circ}C$ in air to construct the simplified ternary phase diagram. The phase stability of tetragonal -$ZrO_2$ from the quasi-binary system $ZrO_2-YTa(Nb)O_4$, which do not transform to monoclinic-$ZrO_2$ even for a wide range of grain size and annealing temperature, was investigated to determine composition region of the non-transformable $t-ZrO_2$ solid solution$(NT_{ss})$. Phase stability of $NT_{ss}$ was probably due to the enhanced stability of $_YTa(Nb)O4$ having the tetragonal fergusonite structure. It was experimentally found that mixtures having $NT_{ss}$ alloyed with $T_{ss}$ by weight%% showed both excellent phase stability of $t-ZrO_2$ and fracture toughness even though the calculated composition of the mixture /was located outside $NT_{ss}$ composition region.

• JSTS:Journal of Semiconductor Technology and Science
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• v.17 no.2
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• pp.245-251
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• 2017

Niobium doped zirconium oxide (Nb-Zr-O:NZO) thin films were fabricated on Si substrates by a sol-gel technique with an annealing temperatures of $500{\sim}1000^{\circ}C$ in air ($N_2:O_2=3:1$) for 20 minutes. It was found that the NZO film is based on tetragonal $ZrO_2$ polycrystalline structure with the Nb 5+ ion state and there is almost no diffusion of Nb or Zr to Si substrate. The relative dielectric constant for the NZO film with the Nb composition of 30 mol% and annealed at $800^{\circ}C$ was around 40. The root mean roughness was 1.02 nm. In addition, the leakage current of NZO films was as low as $10^{-6}A/cm^2$ at 4.4 V.

• Proceedings of the Korea Association of Crystal Growth Conference
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• 1996.06b
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• pp.55-85
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• 1996

지르코니아 분말은 ZrO2 결정상이 온도변화에 따라 부피변화를 수반하는 상전이변태를 나타낸다. 단사정 ZrO2가 110$0^{\circ}C$에서는 정방정으로, 2$700^{\circ}C$ 내외에서는 입방정으로 결정구조가 가역적으로 변한다. 이 ZrO2에 금속산화물을 고용시키면 형석 (CaF2:Florite)형의 입방정 결정구조가 실온에서도 안정하게 존재하게 된다. 안정화제 산화물은 caO, MgO등 2가 산화물외에 3가 또는 4가의 금속산화물로서 Sc2O3, Y2O3, Sm2O3, Nd2O3, Gd2O3, Y2O3, CeO2 등이며 이들은 금속이온의 원자가가 변하기 쉬운 희토류 산화물이다. 안정화 지르코니아는 형석형 결정구조이며 결정화학적으로 보면 금속양이온이 산소이온에 대해서 정육면체형의 8배위를 하고 있다. 이때 이온반경비(양이온/음이온)에 따라 Zr+4자리와 O-2자리의 격자위치와 모양이 형성되므로 비틀어진 정육면체구조이건 이상적인 정육면체 형석구조를 이룬다. 이는 지르코니아의 결정상의 2상-3상인 부분안정화 지르코니아다결정체(PSZ : partially stabilized zirconia)이거나 단일상-2상인 정방정 지르코니아다결정체(TZP : tetragonal zirconia polycrystal)의 결정구조를 가지는데 기인한다. PSZ는 주로 MgO, CaO를 안정화제로 고용시켜 입방정 영역에서 소결하고 이를 다시 입방정과 정방정의 상 영역에서 열처리하여 입방정 입자내부에 정방정을 석출 형성시킨 것이며 TZP는 Y2O3 및 CeO2를 고용시켜 PSZ와 다르게 일반적인 상압소결한 정방정 결정상의 미립자이다. 산화지르코늄 분말은 지르콘사에서 열분해시킨 지르코늄소결.융해괴(caustic fusion clinker)를 산처리하여얻어진 지르코늄산용액(zirconyl acid solution : cloride, sulfide, nitride 등)으로부터 제조된다. 고순도 산화지르코늄은 용액 결정석출법에 의해 ZrOCl2.8H2O, 5ZrO2.3SO3.15H2O, ZrO(NO3)2.xH2O 등의 지르코늄 수화물만을 재결정화시킨 것으로부터 얻을 수 있으며 이 지르코늄염 수용액으로부터 입자미세구조를 효과적으로 제어하여 산화지르코늄 및 안정화 지르코니아 분말제조가 가능하다. 안정화 지르코니아 분말은 ZrO2와 안정화산화물의 고용을위하여 가열처리를 필요로 하며 일정온도에서 최적상태로 숙성하므로서 2가지 상(phase) 이상의 고용체를 가지게 된다. 안정화 지르코니아 분말은 고용처리온도를 낮추고 효과적으로 생성시키기 위해서는 지르코늄 및 안정화제염을 혼합하고 습식 직접합성하여 저온에서 고용체의 합해진상 영역을 생성시키는 것이다. 이는 지르코니아 원료분말의 미세구조를 제어하므로서 가능하며 이때 화학성분조성과 크기형태가 균일하게 분포된 입자분말을 얻을 수 있다.

• Journal of the Korean Ceramic Society
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• v.31 no.1
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• pp.17-24
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• 1994

Al2O3-ZrO2(ZTA) composites were fabricated by a surface-induced coating of the precursor for the ZrO2 phase on the kinetically stable colloid particles of Al2O3. The fabricated composites were characterized by a uniform spatial distribution of the dispersed ZrO2 phase and by the absence of large ZrO2 grains throughout the Al2O3 matrix. The fracture toughness (KIC) and the bending strength of ZTA composites sintered at 1$600^{\circ}C$, respectively, were 5.6 MPa.m1/2 (for 20 wt% ZrO2) and 600 MPa (for 15wt% ZrO2). The fraction of tetragonal ZrO2 phase decreases as the total content of ZrO2, suggesting that both the stress-induced tlongrightarrowm transformation and the microcrack nucleation contribute to the toughening of the ZTA composites fabricated by the surface-induced coating.

• Journal of the Mineralogical Society of Korea
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• v.19 no.2 s.48
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• pp.81-88
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• 2006

The Yttria Partially Stabilized Zirconia powder was prepared by spontaneous precipitation method using $ZrOCl_2{\cdot}8H_O-YCl_33{\cdot}6H_2O$ solution as a starting materials. The optimal experimental conditions such as concentration and pH of starting solutions, the amounts of stabilizer $Y_2O_3$ used, and sintered temperature were carefully studied. The best condition for synthesizing $ZrO_2$ was experimentally selected and applied throughout this study for the preparation of the 3 mole% $Y_2O_3$ partially stabilized zirconia, 3YSZ. The physical properties of 3YSZ was examined by XRD, Raman, DT A, and SEM. The structural transition from pure monoclinic high temperature $ZrO_2$ to tetragonal room temperature 3YSZ was made possible by the added amount of $Y_2O_3$ in the $ZrO_2+Y_2O_3$ system. All Raman Spectrum band appeared in the lower wave numbers rather than in higher wave numbers as structure changes from monoclinic to tetragonal.

• Journal of the Korean Ceramic Society
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• v.25 no.6
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• pp.694-698
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• 1988

Pb(Zr, Ti)O3-Pb(Co, Nb)O3 systems were investigated by x-ray diffraction method. System contains rhombohedral, tetragonal, and pseudocubic structures at room temperature. Crystal symmetry was changed from 4-fold symmetry to 3-fold symmetry by substituting Pb(Co1/3, Nb2/3)O3 ; PCN, to Pb(Zr0.52, Ti0.48)O3 ; PZT. As the substituted PCN concentration was increased, an increase in a-axis direction and a decrease in c-axis in the perovskite structure were occurred simultaneously, so that the crystal symmetry was changed into such way. In the higher sinteringtemperatures, the unit cell distortions occurred rather in the lower substitution range of PCN. The ferroelectric properties were maximized at the region that tetragonal and rhombohedral or pseudocubic structures were coexist.