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Superplasticity in ceramics has been the subject of intense research activity for the last two decades. Quite recently, the fabrication of fully dense nanocrystalline oxides with grain size below 100 nm enabled examination of their superplastic behaviour. This work presents a critical analysis of the plasticity of two important nanostructured oxide systems: MgO and yttria tetragonal zirconia polycrystals. A thorough comparison of their plastic deformation reveals that nano-structuring may be a necessary, but not a sufficient condition for superplasticity in ceramics as commonly assumed. Instead, the changes in the chemical composition and the transport properties, through the bulk and at grain boundaries, versus temperature and grain size can induce a rich variety of mechanical responses.

international journal of materials research

Superplasticity in nanocrystalline ceramics: pure grain boundary phenomena or not?: Paper presented at the Second International Workshop “Correlation of Microstructure – Properties and Multiscale Modelling of Plasticity”, Fuenteheridos, Huelva, Spain, June 17–21, 2009