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High-pressure XAFS study of bulk and nano size ZrO2 particles

Akira Yoshiasa1, Hiroshi Arima2, Maki Okube3, Hiroshi Fukui4, Akihiko Nakatsuka5, Yoshinori Katayama6 and Osamu Ohtaka7

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XAFS measurements near the Zr K-edge for the P21/c and Pbca ZrO2 phases with particle size of 62 nm and 0.50 μm were performed under pressure up to 7.8 GPa using a multi-anvil high-pressure device and synchrotron radiation at BL14B1, SPring-8, Hyogo. XANES spectra change gradually near the phase transition region of 3.0–4.8 and 4.8–7.8 for bulk and nano particles. The second-nearest Zr-Zr distance in nano particle is 0.02 Å longer than that in bulk particle. It was found that the nano particle is more compressible comparing with the bulk particle and transforms to the Pbca phase at certain specific Zr-O and Zr-Zr distances. The magnitudes of σ2 for Zr-Zr distance in the nano particle are significantly larger because of the static disorder near the surface.


PACS

78.70.Dm X-ray absorption spectra

64.70.Nd Structural transitions in nanoscale materials

61.46.Df Structure of nanocrystals and nanoparticles ("colloidal" quantum dots but not gate-isolated embedded quantum dots)

62.50.-p High-pressure effects in solids and liquids

Subjects

Condensed matter: electrical, magnetic and optical

Nanoscale science and low-D systems

Condensed matter: structural, mechanical & thermal

Dates

Issue 1 (2009)



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