Electrospinning is a sophisticated material process to manufacture well-tailored nanofibers
for fiber reinforcement, tissue scaffolding, drug delivery, nanofiltration, cosmetics, and …

The mechanical properties of polystyrene (PS) nanospheres of ca. 50–1000 nm in diameter
were evaluated by using an atomic force microscope (AFM). The compressive elastic moduli …

A refined beam model is proposed for tubes to improve the prediction of the transverse
shear deformation and study its influence on the mechanical response of tubes. The current …

Fundamental investigations into mechanical behaviour and properties, eg elasticity,
plasticity, hardness, toughness, strength and failure, exhibited at the nanoscale have …

Molecular dynamics and finite element simulations are performed to study the phenomenon
of surface rippling in polymeric nanofibers under tension. Each nanofiber is modeled as a …

We argue that mechanics and physics of solids rely on a fundamental exemplar: the
apparent properties of a system depend on the building blocks that comprise it. Building …

Recent experiments using nanoindentation and buckling-based metrology (Stafford CM et
al., Nat. Mater., 3 (2004) 545) have shown the elastic modulus of submicron-nano porous …

Materials have a hierarchical nature, deriving often their most useful properties from
microscale or nanoscale constituents. Multiresolution analysis, a generalized continuum …

Recent experiments and molecular dynamics simulations have proven that polymer chains
are less confined in layers near the free surfaces of submicron-nanosized pores. A recent …

This dissertation argues that the mechanics and physics of solids rely on a fundamental
exemplar: the apparent properties of a system depend on the building blocks that comprise …