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Non-monotonic lattice parameter variation in ball-milled ceria

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High-energy ball milling is utilized in creating microstructural changes (such as change in lattice parameter, lattice strain) within micro-ceria, which were quantified using line profile analysis by X-ray diffraction. Crystallite size significantly decreased from 85 to 11 nm when subjected to 4 h of high-energy ball milling, and then remained same with increase in milling duration (up to 16 h of milling). Three different methods, namely Nelson–Riley function, Cohen’s method, and Pawley fitting, were used to calculate the lattice parameter and a lattice expansion from 5.4082 to 5.4147 Å was observed for a duration of 0 up to 12 h. The effect of milling on generation of residual strain and the probability of stacking fault in affecting the lattice parameter are delineated in the current work. Non-monotonic change of lattice parameter with saturation of crystallite size is attributed to the vacancy-induced stresses that generate at inter-crystallite regions and render excessive free volume during high-energy ball milling.

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Authors acknowledge NICOP grant (Number: N62909-12-1-7080) and DST Grant (Number: SR/S3/ME-0035/2010-(G)) for providing financial support. Advanced Centre for Materials Science (ACMS) at IIT Kanpur is acknowledged for extending high-energy planetary ball mill facility.

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  1. Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur, 208016, India

    Amitava Banerjee & Kantesh Balani

  2. Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur, 208016, India

    Rajeev Gupta

  3. Materials Science Program, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur, 208016, India

    Rajeev Gupta

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Banerjee, A., Gupta, R. & Balani, K. Non-monotonic lattice parameter variation in ball-milled ceria. J Mater Sci 50, 6349–6358 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-015-9182-y

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