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Flash healing is a technique that uses power spikes to rapidly repair microcracks on ceramic surfaces. In this study, the microstructures of flash-healed Vickers-indented microcracks near the positive/negative electrodes under a DC electric field were examined by scanning transmission electron microscopy. The microstructural morphology near the positive electrode was almost identical to that of the microcracks located between both lectrodes, as previously reported. However, a decrease in the degree of healing was observed near the negative electrode. This was attributed to the insufficient recovery of dislocations generated at the indentation state, which should have occurred in the initial stage of healing. The delay in dislocation recovery prevented contact between the inner surfaces of the microcracks and is possibly related to the increase in oxygen vacancies near the negative electrode.

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Keyword: crack healing , current effect, flash event, zirconia

Date published: 2024-04-22

Publisher: Elsevier BV

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• Ceramics International (ISSN: 02728842) vol. 50 issue. 19 p. 37348-37355

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• Japan Society for the Promotion of Science JP19H05788
• Japan Science and Technology Agency JPMJCR1996
• the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) ARIM

Manuscript type: Author's version (Accepted manuscript)

MDR DOI: https://doi.org/10.48505/nims.4780

First published URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ceramint.2024.04.251

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