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 …

Plasticity of micrometer-scale single crystals in compression

MD Uchic, PA Shade, DM Dimiduk - Annual Review of Materials …, 2009 - annualreviews.org
This review examines the recent literature that has focused on uniaxial compression
experiments of single crystals at the micrometer scale. Collectively, the studies discovered …

Plasticity in confined dimensions

O Kraft, PA Gruber, R Mönig… - Annual review of …, 2010 - annualreviews.org
This review examines the size effects observed in the mechanical strength of thin metal films
and small samples such as single-crystalline pillars, whiskers, and wires. Experimental …

Anisotropy in the plastic flow properties of single-crystal α titanium determined from micro-cantilever beams

J Gong, AJ Wilkinson - Acta Materialia, 2009 - Elsevier
Single-crystal micro-cantilever beams were manufactured from a polycrystalline
commercially pure Ti sample using a focused ion beam. The cantilevers were approximately …

Size effect on strength and strain hardening of small-scale [1 1 1] nickel compression pillars

CP Frick, BG Clark, S Orso, AS Schneider… - Materials Science and …, 2008 - Elsevier
This study investigates uniaxial compression behavior of focused ion beam (FIB)
manufactured [111] nickel (Ni) small-scale pillars, ranging in diameter from approximately …

Dislocation structures and their relationship to strength in deformed nickel microcrystals

DM Norfleet, DM Dimiduk, SJ Polasik, MD Uchic… - Acta Materialia, 2008 - Elsevier
The present work uses focused ion beam methods to prepare samples for transmission
electron microscopy in order to quantitatively characterize changes in the dislocation …

Size effects in the torsion of microscale copper wires: Experiment and analysis

D Liu, Y He, X Tang, H Ding, P Hu, P Cao - Scripta Materialia, 2012 - Elsevier
The size dependence in the torsional response of microsized polycrystalline copper wires is
investigated experimentally using a novel automated torsion balance. Comparing to the …

Superior strength-ductility synergy of layered aluminum under uniaxial tensile loading: The roles of local stress state and local strain state

Y Xia, K Miao, H Wu, L Geng, C Xu, CS Ku… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
A typical layered Al composed of alternating fine-grained layers (FLs) and coarse-grained
layers (CLs), fabricated by hot pressing and hot rolling, exhibits a superior strength-ductility …

Emergence of strain-rate sensitivity in Cu nanopillars: Transition from dislocation multiplication to dislocation nucleation

AT Jennings, J Li, JR Greer - Acta Materialia, 2011 - Elsevier
We demonstrate strain-rate sensitivity emerging in single-crystalline Cu nanopillars with
diameters ranging from 75 up to 500nm through uniaxial deformation experiments …

Effects of focused ion beam milling on the compressive behavior of directionally solidified micropillars and the nanoindentation response of an electropolished surface

S Shim, H Bei, MK Miller, GM Pharr, EP George - Acta Materialia, 2009 - Elsevier
Focused ion beam (FIB) milling is the typical method used to fabricate micropillars to study
small-scale plasticity and size effects in uniaxial compression. However, FIB milling can …