Covalently bonded ceramics exhibit preeminent properties—including hardness, strength,
chemical inertness, and resistance against heat and corrosion—yet their wider application is …

Inorganic semiconductor materials are crucial for modern technologies, but their brittleness
and limited processability hinder the development of flexible, wearable, and miniaturized …

Objectives Impacts of high-speed sintering on the optical and mechanical properties,
microstructure, crystallography, and low-temperature degradation of commercial yttria …

Ceria-stabilized tetragonal zirconia (Ce-TZP) has become an interesting alternative for the
widely used yttria-stabilized zirconia (Y-TZP), whereas efforts are needed to control its …

Toughness of ceramic coatings is essential for engineering deploys of light alloys, especially
for the scenarios tackling with corrosion and wear. This work reports a toughened ZrO …

A novel method was proposed to achieve uniform dispersion of ZrO 2 nanoparticles in the
WC matrix. The prepared WC-ZrO 2 ceramic exhibited outstanding mechanical properties …

Yttria partially stabilized zirconia was introduced into WC-Co cemented carbides to enhance
their mechanical performance. The hardness and fracture toughness were improved …

This work deals with the mechanical behavior of a zirconia ceramic doped with 1.5 mol% of
yttria, recently developed by Tosoh (Japan). The results show that this material offers an …

Ceramic-based composites generally have low fracture toughness, and toughening these
materials without sacrificing their hardness has been a big challenge. This study presents an …

Ceramic coatings are in general a kind of brittle material because they are predominantly
made up of ionic crystals that avoid dislocation motion caused by lattice distortion. In this …