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 …

Gyroid is a member of the triply periodic minimal surfaces (TPMS) family. In this paper, the
mechanical properties of Gyroid-structures are investigated both experimentally and …

Nanoparticles are commonly used in various fields of applications such as electronics,
catalysis or engineering where they can be subjected to a certain amount of stress leading …

The plastic deformation of silicon and other brittle materials near room temperature has
conventionally been studied under high confining pressures, although it has been …

The emergence of size-dependent mechanical strength in nanosized materials is now well-
established, but no fundamental understanding of fracture toughness or flaw sensitivity in …

This article reviews recent developments in small-scale mechanical property testing with
some emphasis on intermediate (meso) length scales in complex microstructures and …

This article describes cracking during microcompression of Si, InAs, MgO, and MgAl2O4
crystals and compares this with previous observations on Si and GaAs micropillars. The …

Molecular dynamics simulations were carried out to investigate the mechanical properties of
silicon nanoparticles during uniaxial compression by a flat-punch indenter. We considered a …

Refractory carbides of transition metals (Zr, Ta, etc.), owing to a mixture of ionic, covalent,
and metallic bonding, exhibit high hardness (10s of GPa), high elastic moduli (100s of GPa) …

The lifetime and performance of any engineering component, from nanoscale sensors to
macroscopic structures, are strongly influenced by fracture processes. Fracture itself is a …