[HTML][HTML] Nanomechanical mapping of soft materials with the atomic force microscope: methods, theory and applications

R Garcia - Chemical Society Reviews, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Fast, high-resolution, non-destructive and quantitative characterization methods are needed
to develop materials with tailored properties at the nanoscale or to understand the …

Overview on micro-and nanomechanical testing: New insights in interface plasticity and fracture at small length scales

G Dehm, BN Jaya, R Raghavan, C Kirchlechner - Acta Materialia, 2018 - Elsevier
Micro-and nanomechanical testing has seen a rapid development over the last decade with
miniaturized test rigs and MEMS-based devices providing access to the mechanical …

An improved technique for determining hardness and elastic modulus using load and displacement sensing indentation experiments

WC Oliver, GM Pharr - Journal of materials research, 1992 - cambridge.org
The indentation load-displacement behavior of six materials tested with a Berkovich indenter
has been carefully documented to establish an improved method for determining hardness …

Measurement of hardness and elastic modulus by instrumented indentation: Advances in understanding and refinements to methodology

WC Oliver, GM Pharr - Journal of materials research, 2004 - cambridge.org
The method we introduced in 1992 for measuring hardness and elastic modulus by
instrumented indentation techniques has widely been adopted and used in the …

Diamond-like amorphous carbon

J Robertson - Materials science and engineering: R: Reports, 2002 - Elsevier
Diamond-like carbon (DLC) is a metastable form of amorphous carbon with significant sp3
bonding. DLC is a semiconductor with a high mechanical hardness, chemical inertness, and …

Study on mechanical properties of the interfacial transition zone in carbon nanofiber-reinforced cement mortar based on the PeakForce tapping mode of atomic force …

T Shi, Y Liu, X Zhao, J Wang, Z Zhao, DJ Corr… - Journal of Building …, 2022 - Elsevier
In this study, the PeakForce quantitative Nanoscale Mechanical Characterization (PF-QNM)
mode was used to explore the micro-zone mechanical properties of the interfacial transition …

A method for interpreting the data from depth-sensing indentation instruments

MF Doerner, WD Nix - Journal of Materials research, 1986 - cambridge.org
Depth-sensing indentation instruments provide a means for studying the elastic and plastic
properties of thin films. A method for obtaining hardness and Young's modulus from the data …

Mechanical properties of thin films

WD Nix - Metallurgical transactions A, 1989 - Springer
The mechanical properties of thin films on substrates are described and studied. It is shown
that very large stresses may be present in the thin films that comprise integrated circuits and …

On the generality of the relationship among contact stiffness, contact area, and elastic modulus during indentation

GM Pharr, WC Oliver, FR Brotzen - Journal of materials research, 1992 - Springer
Results of Sneddon's analysis for the elastic contact between a rigid, axisymmetric punch
and an elastic half space are used to show that a simple relationship exists among the …

A review of nanoindentation continuous stiffness measurement technique and its applications

X Li, B Bhushan - Materials characterization, 2002 - Elsevier
Nanoindentation is now commonly used for the study of mechanical properties of materials
on the nanoscale. One of the significant improvements in nanoindentation testing is the …