Near-surface plastic deformation in polycrystalline SrTiO3 via room-temperature cyclic Brinell indentation

Okafor C, Ding K, Preuß O, Khansur NH, Rheinheimer W, Fang X (2024)

Publication Type: Journal article

Publication year: 2024

Journal

Journal of the American Ceramic Society Wiley-Blackwell

DOI: 10.1111/jace.19962

Abstract

Dislocations are being used to tune versatile mechanical and functional properties in oxides with most current studies focusing on single crystals. For potentially wider applications, polycrystalline ceramics are of concern, provided that dislocations can be successfully introduced. However, in addition to preexisting pores and flaws, a major barrier for bulk plastic deformation of polycrystalline ceramics lies in the grain boundaries (GBs), which can lead to dislocation pile-up and cracking at the GBs due to the lack of sufficient independent slip systems in ceramics at room temperature. Here, we use the cyclic Brinell indentation method to circumvent the bulk deformation and focus on near-surface regions to investigate the plastic deformation of polycrystalline SrTiO3 at room temperature. Dislocation etch-pit analysis suggests that plastic deformation can be initiated within the grains, at the GBs, and from the GB triple junction pores. The deformability of the individual grains is found to be dependent on the number of cycles, as also independently evidenced on single-crystal SrTiO3 with representative surface orientations (001), (011), and (111). We also identify a grain-size-dependent plastic deformation.

Authors with CRIS profile

Neamul Hayet Khansur Lehrstuhl für Glas und Keramik (WW3)

Involved external institutions

Technische Universität Darmstadt DE Germany (DE) Universität Stuttgart DE Germany (DE)

How to cite

APA:

Okafor, C., Ding, K., Preuß, O., Khansur, N.H., Rheinheimer, W., & Fang, X. (2024). Near-surface plastic deformation in polycrystalline SrTiO3 via room-temperature cyclic Brinell indentation. Journal of the American Ceramic Society. https://doi.org/10.1111/jace.19962

MLA:

Okafor, Chukwudalu, et al. "Near-surface plastic deformation in polycrystalline SrTiO3 via room-temperature cyclic Brinell indentation." Journal of the American Ceramic Society (2024).

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