Mechanical performance of Alumina toughened Zirconia (ATZ) nanocomposites

Abstract

Ceramic nanocomposites made of Al2O3 and ZrO2 have become one of the most promising structural materials as they can combine the properties of both, strong and tough materials, simultaneously. These materials have been developed in order to overcome the key drawback of ceramics, that has always been their lack of reliability and their poor behavior under the presence of defects. In the present work, a new hybrid colloidal-powder mixing route is presented as a way to obtain ceramic nanocomposites with outstanding structural properties for dental products.