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Available online at Scripta Materialia 66 (2012) 109–112 /locate/scriptamat Microstructure and thermal properties of nanostructured lanthana-doped yttria-stabilized zirconia thermal barrier coatings by air plasma spraying A. Rauf,⇑ Q. Yu, L. Jin and C. Zhou⇑ School of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Beijing 100191, People’s Republic of China Received 12 August 2011; accepted 11 October 2011 Available online 19 October 2011 Nanostructured lanthana-doped yttria-stabilized zirconia thermal barrier coatings were developed using the air plasma spraying technique. Scanning and transmission electron microscopy studies revealed that the coatings are characterized by a bimodal micro- structure consisting of melted zones, nano-zones, splats, nano-pores and micro-cracks, which are typical features of nanostructured plasma-sprayed coatings. These coatings are tetragonal in phase, with a grain size of 30–60 nm. The thermal conductivity achieved by these coatings is lower than that of nanostructured and traditional yttria-stabilized zirconia coatings. 2011 Acta Materialia Inc. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. Keywords: Nanostructure; Plasma sprayed; Thermal conductivity; La O ; YSZ 2 3 Thermal barrier coatings (TBC) are widely Recent studies have shown that nanostructured YSZ used to increase the life and efficiency of gas turbine en- coatings [16–24] exhib