Abstract
By means of synchrotron X-ray powder diffraction (SXPD) and Raman spectroscopy, we have detected, in a series of nanocrystalline and compositionally homogeneous ZrO 2–Y 2O 3 solid solutions, the presence at room temperature of three different phases depending on Y 2O 3 content, namely two tetragonal forms and the cubic phase. The studied materials, with average crystallite sizes within the range 7–10 nm, were synthesized by a nitrate–citrate gel-combustion process. The crystal structure of these phases was also investigated by SXPD. The results presented here indicate that the studied nanocrystalline ZrO 2–Y 2O 3 solid solutions exhibit the same phases reported in the literature for compositionally homogeneous materials containing larger (micro)crystals. The compositional boundaries between both tetragonal forms and between tetragonal and cubic phases were also determined.
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