Hard and brittle materials usually exhibit a much lower strength when loaded in tension than
in compression. However, this common-sense behaviour may not be intrinsic to these …

Micro-and nanomechanical testing techniques have become an integral part of today's
materials research portfolio. Contrary to well-studied and majorly standardized …

Abstract “Smaller is softer” is a reverse size dependence of strength, defying the “smaller is
stronger” tenet. It usually results from surface-mediated displacive or diffusive deformation …

In this work, we investigate the anelastic deformation behavior of periodic three-dimensional
(3D) nanolattices with extremely thin shell thicknesses using nanoindentation. The results …

Sarcosine prostate cancer biomarker with the low concentration of 1 pM has been detected
by controlling oxygen from 1 to 15 sccm in a NiO x membrane on chemically etched vertical …

Compared with the inherent brittleness of bulk silicon (Si) at ambient temperature, the
nanosized Si materials with very high strength, plasticity, and anelasticity due to size effect …