A grain-size-dependent reduction in the room-temperature thermal conductivity of nanocrystalline yttria-stabilized zirconia is reported for the first time. Films were grown by metal-organic chemical vapor deposition with controlled grain sizes from 10 to 100 nm. For grain sizes smaller than approximately 30 nm, a substantial reduction in thermal conductivity was observed, reaching a value of less than one-third the bulk value at the smallest grain sizes measured. The observed behavior is consistent with expectations based on an estimation of the phonon mean-free path in zirconia.

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