Isostructural phase transition-induced bulk modulus multiplication in dopant-stabilized ZrO<sub>2</sub> solid solution

Isostructural phase transition-induced bulk modulus multiplication in dopant-stabilized ZrO₂ solid solution

Wang Min¹, Shen Wen-Shu¹, Li Xiao-Dong², Li Yan-Chun², Zhang Guo-Zhao¹, Liu Cai-Long¹, Zhao Lin¹, Lv Shu-Peng¹, Gao Chun-Xiao¹, Han Yong-Hao^{1, †}

(a) and (b) Pressure dependence of the lattice constants and the unit cell volume of the cubic ZrO₂/Y₂O₃. (c) and (d) Isothermal compression curves of ZrO₂/Y₂O₃ at ambient temperature in two different pressure stages. The red line is a second-order Birch–Murnaghan fit to the experimental data.