Abbreviated Journal Title
J. Appl. Phys.
Keywords
CERAMICS; Physics, Applied
Abstract
In some circumstances, the mechanical and optical properties of multiphase brittle materials strongly depend on the level of residual micromechanical stresses that arise upon cooling due to thermal and elastic mismatch between the constituent phases. Here we study the residual internal stress in a partially crystallized oxyfluoride glass, best known as photothermorefractive (PTR) glass. This material is composed of a glass matrix with embedded nanosize sodium fluoride (NaF) crystals. Using both the Selsing model and solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance in combination with first principles calculations we found that the crystals are under a tensile stress field of approximately 610-800 MPa. For this stress level the estimated critical crystal diameter for spontaneous cracking is about 2300-1900 nm, which greatly exceeds the observed diameters of 7-35 nm. Hence no spontaneous cracking is expected for the PTR glasses. First principles calculations indicate that the stress induced change of the refractive index of the NaF crystals is about -0.08%, which agrees with the observed refractive index changes.
Journal Title
Journal of Applied Physics
Volume
99
Issue/Number
8
Publication Date
1-1-2006
Document Type
Article
DOI Link
Language
English
First Page
6
WOS Identifier
ISSN
0021-8979
Recommended Citation
Zwanziger, J. W.; Werner-Zwanziger, U.; Zanotto, E. D.; Rotari, E.; Glebova, L. N.; Glebov, L. B.; and Schneider, J. F., "Residual internal stress in partially crystallized photothermorefractive glass: Evaluation by nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy and first principles calculations" (2006). Faculty Bibliography 2000s. 6787.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/facultybib2000/6787
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