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  • Materials Science and Engineering
  • Solid State Physics
  • Ceramic Engineering

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  • Ceramic materials possess high strength and chemical inertness, making them valuable engineering materials.
  • The inherent brittleness of ceramics limits their application due to premature fracture before plastic yielding.
  • Previous attempts to improve ceramic deformability have yielded limited success.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop a new method for enhancing the room temperature plastic deformability of ceramics.
  • To investigate the role of artificially introduced defects in enabling plastic deformation.
  • To demonstrate the effectiveness of this strategy on single crystal (SC) titanium dioxide (TiO2) and SC aluminum oxide (α-Al2O3).

Main Methods:

  • Artificially introducing abundant defects into ceramic materials.
  • Utilizing a preloading treatment at elevated temperatures to create these defects.
  • Testing the deformability of preloaded single crystal TiO2 and SC α-Al2O3 at room temperature.

Main Results:

  • Preloading treatment significantly increased the room temperature deformability of SC TiO2, achieving 10% strain.
  • SC α-Al2O3 also demonstrated plastic deformability, reaching 6% to 7.5% strain after the preloading strategy.
  • The pre-injected defects were identified as the key mechanism enabling plastic deformation in these ceramics at room temperature.

Conclusions:

  • Artificial introduction of defects via preloading is an effective strategy to enhance room temperature plastic deformability in ceramics.
  • This defect engineering approach opens new avenues for overcoming the brittleness limitation of ceramics.
  • The findings suggest significant potential for developing ductile ceramics for advanced engineering applications.