Although additive manufacturing offers numerous potential advantages for fabricating
functional, complex geometry zirconia parts with efficiency, industrial interest in practical …

The purpose of this study was to investigate and analyse the fracture toughness of yttria-
stabilized tetragonal zirconia polycrystal (Y-TZP) dental ceramics by means of the Vickers …

Highly dense yttria-stabilized zirconia (YSZ) nano-ceramics reinforced with TC-CVD-
synthesized multiwall carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) were fabricated using spark plasma …

Among various biologically compatible materials, hydroxyapatite (HA) has excellent
bioactivity/osteointegration properties and therefore has been extensively investigated for …

Taking CrN coating as an example, a new refinement method was performed to improve the
tribological performance of metal nitride coatings in the low temperature thermal cycling in …

Planar solid oxide fuel cells (p-SOFCs) require materials that can satisfy the high
mechanical demands related to their utilization in stationary and, especially, in mobile …

The requirement of attainment hard and simultaneously tough materials is a crucial matter
for industrial sectors. However, the toughness and hardness are mutually exclusive …

Ceria-stabilized zirconia-based composites have been developed aiming to obtain ceramic
materials with enhanced hardness, strength, fracture toughness, and resistance to low …

The aim of the present research work was to investigate the effect on the properties such as
density, surface roughness, microhardness, fracture toughness and microstructure added …

In this paper, we aim at determining the actual fracture toughness of three difference yttria
concentrations (3 mol%, 5 mol% and 8 mol%) zirconia ceramics by single-edge V-notched …