Oxygen vacancy mediated cubic phase stabilization at room temperature in pure nano-crystalline Zirconia films: A combined experimental and first-principles based investigation

Parswajit Kalita, Shikha Saini, Parasmani Rajput +6

We report the formation of cubic phase, under ambient conditions, in thin films of Zirconia synthesized by electron beam evaporation technique. The stabilization of the cubic phase…