The recent interest in size-dependent deformation of micro-and nanoscale materials has
paralleled both technological miniaturization and advancements in imaging and small-scale …

The emergence of one‐dimensional nanostructures as fundamental constituents of
advanced materials and next‐generation electronic and electromechanical devices has …

The evolution of elastic strain engineering in nanostructures and devices requires
characterization tools that can be used to not only observe but also quantify the actual strain …

Small-scale testing techniques such as nanoindentation and micro-/nanocompression are
promising methods for addressing mechanical properties of ion-beam-irradiated materials …

In-situ mechanical testing in a scanning electron microscope (SEM) equipped with an
electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD) system has quickly gained popularity, particularly …

A unique technique to perform quantitative in situ transmission electron microscopy (TEM)
fatigue testing on ultrathin films and nanomaterials is demonstrated. The technique relies on …

With the ongoing trend of miniaturizing electronic devices, the dimensions of metallic
materials used in these devices decrease continuously from sub-microns to a few …

The possibility of generating a large range of elastic strain in low-dimensional materials
offers a vast design space that has led to a plethora of scientific and technological …

For the implementation of thin ceramic hard coatings into intensive application
environments, the fracture toughness is a particularly important material design parameter …

The influence of microstructure on the strength scaling behaviour of ultrafine-grained bcc
metals is investigated by scale-bridging experiments spanning four orders of length on …