T. Kiguchi et al., Effect of the species of substituted ion on ferroelastic domain switching of rare-earth ion-doped ZrO2 pseudo-single crystals, J MATER RES, 14(1), 1999, pp. 142-145
The difference of domain switching amount of 3 mol % R2O3-ZrO2 (R = Yb, Y,
Dy, Gd, Eu, Sm) pseudo-single crystals with additive cation species was inv
estigated from the microstructural aspect. The switching amount of Yb, Y, D
y, and Gd substituted ZrO2 was three times higher than that of Eu and Sm. T
he amount corresponded to the volume fraction of the t'-phase, and it indic
ated that phase separation proceeded, especially in Eu and Sm substituted Z
rO2.