Rapid thermal processing of zirconia thin films produced by the sol-gel method.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Pascual, R.; Sayer, M.; Kumar, C. V. R. Vasant; Zou, Lichun
- Source
- Journal of Applied Physics. 8/15/1991, Vol. 70 Issue 4, p2348. 5p.
- Subject
- *DYNAMICS
*THIN films
*ZIRCONIUM oxide
*ALUMINUM oxide
*COLLOIDS
- Language
- ISSN
- 0021-8979
Presents a study which examined the kinetics of the amorphous-to-tetragonal transformation in sol-gel-derived thin films of zirconia deposited on alumina substrates. Background on zirconia thin films; Kinetics of the amorphous-to-tetragonal phase transformation; Results of the study; Conclusions.