Atomically ordered solute segregation behaviour in an oxide grain boundary

Bin Feng; Tatsuya Yokoi; Akihito Kumamoto; Masato Yoshiya; Yuichi Ikuhara; Naoya Shibata

doi:10.1038/ncomms11079

Nature Communications (Mar 2016)

Atomically ordered solute segregation behaviour in an oxide grain boundary

Bin Feng,
Tatsuya Yokoi,
Akihito Kumamoto,
Masato Yoshiya,
Yuichi Ikuhara,
Naoya Shibata

Affiliations

Bin Feng: Institute of Engineering Innovation, The University of Tokyo
Tatsuya Yokoi: Department of Adaptive Machine System, Osaka University
Akihito Kumamoto: Institute of Engineering Innovation, The University of Tokyo
Masato Yoshiya: Department of Adaptive Machine System, Osaka University
Yuichi Ikuhara: Institute of Engineering Innovation, The University of Tokyo
Naoya Shibata: Institute of Engineering Innovation, The University of Tokyo

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms11079
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 6

Abstract

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Solute segregation is challenging to experimentally identify at the atomic scale. Here, the authors report the direct observation of atomic site-dependent solute segregation behaviour in an yttria-stabilized zirconia grain boundary by atomic-resolution energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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