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Method of preparation and thermodynamic properties of transparent Y3Al5O12 nanoceramics

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We first introduce the latest experimental results, i.e., production of the fine nanostructured and near fully dense transparent Y3Al5O12 (YAG) bulks at high pressure and modest temperature (2.0–5.0 GPa and 300–500 °C). And then, we employ the first-principles plane wave pseudopotential density functional theory method to calculate the equilibrium lattice parameters and the thermodynamic properties of YAG. The obtained lattice parameters are consistent with the experimental data and the available theoretical data of others. Through the quasi-harmonic Debye model, the dependences of the normalized primitive volume V/V 0 on pressure P, the Debye temperature \( \Uptheta_{\rm{D}} \), and the heat capacity C V on pressure P and temperature T, as well as the variation of the thermal expansion α with temperature and pressure are obtained successfully.

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This study was supported by the China 973 Program (Grant No. 2011CB808200), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 11027405), the National Natural Science Foundation of China—NSAF (Grant No. 10976018) and Scientific Research Fund of Sichuan Provincial Education Department (Grant No. 09ZDL01).

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    Ke Liu, Xiao-Lin Zhou & Jing Chang

  2. Institute of Atomic and Molecular Physics, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610065, People’s Republic of China

    Ke Liu & Duan-Wei He

  3. Department of Physics and Key Laboratory for Radiation Physics & Technology of Ministry of Education, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610064, People’s Republic of China

    Hao-Ming Wang & Tie-Cheng Lu

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Liu, K., He, DW., Zhou, XL. et al. Method of preparation and thermodynamic properties of transparent Y3Al5O12 nanoceramics. J Therm Anal Calorim 111, 289–294 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10973-012-2307-5

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