Over the last three decades, a number of researchers have used the gradient-enhanced
plasticity theory to model the microstructural material behavior, which is not able to be …

A review is presented of the mechanics of microscale adhesion in microelectromechanical
systems (MEMS). Some governing dimensionless numbers such as Tabor number …

Classical laws of mechanics hold that mechanical properties are independent of sample
size; however, results of experiments and molecular dynamics simulations indicate that …

There has recently been a strong interest in modeling size-dependent plasticity in metals
based on the concept of geometrically necessary dislocations. This article presents a brief …

Experimental results are presented which show that the indentation size effect for pyramidal
and spherical indenters can be correlated. For a pyramidal indenter, the hardness measured …

The quest to create superhard materials rarely strays from the use of high-pressure synthetic
methods, which typically require gigapascals of applied pressure. We report that rhenium …

Advanced materials and processing techniques are based largely on the generation and
control of non-homogeneous microstructures, such as precipitates and grain boundaries. X …

There exist two frameworks of strain gradient plasticity theories to model size effects
observed at the micron and sub-micron scales in experiments. The first framework involves …

We study the link between the indentation size effect and the density of geometrically
necessary dislocations (GNDs) through the following approach: four indents of different …

A study of the indentation size effect (ISE) in aluminum and alpha brass is presented. The
study employs rate effects to examine the fundamental mechanisms responsible for the ISE …