“…Hence, efforts to synthesize ZrO 2 /Al 2 O 3 by various coating techniques such as thermal plasma spraying, 1-4 electron beam evaporation, 5 electrolytic deposition, 6 7 sol-gel processing, 8 chemical vapor deposition, 9 magnetron sputtering, [10][11][12] and cathodic arc plasma deposition (CAPD) [14][15][16] have been actively pursued. ZrO 2 /Al 2 O 3 coatings have been synthesized in the form of thermal barrier coatings (TBCs), 1-4 a single (Zr,Al)O layer, 5 double layers, 7 8 nanocomposites, [10][11][12] and multilayers.…”