Prior to any practical application, brittle material components may need to be machined to a
high degree of precision in order to avoid functional breakdown as well as to maintain …

Hard and brittle materials (HBMs) are promising materials for aerospace and astronomy
applications, due to their excellent mechanical, optical, and chemical properties. However …

The discipline of fracture mechanics was born almost a century ago through the pioneering
work of AA Griffith, and saw particularly rapid growth in the second half of 20th century when …

As half-Heusler compounds are promising candidates for environmentally friendly and low-
cost thermoelectric materials, not only a high figure of merit and efficiency are necessary but …

The influence of hydrogen on the mechanical behavior of the CoCrFeMnNi high-entropy
alloy (HEA) was examined through tensile and nanoindentation experiments on specimens …

Fascinated by the exceptional mechanical properties of high entropy alloys (HEAs),
unremitting endeavors are placed on accelerating their engineering applications in multiple …

Organic-inorganic halide perovskites (OIHPs) are a remarkable family of hybrid materials at
the heart of the emerging thin-film perovskite solar cells (PSCs) technology and other …

The design of the appropriate material system for a given tribological application must be
guided by an accurate understanding of the degradation mechanisms and the surface …

Nanoindentation is a technique which can be used to measure the mechanical properties of
materials with high precision, even when they are only available in small quantities. As a …

Cracks in brittle solids induced by pyramidal indenters are ideal for toughness evaluation
since the indentation stress fields decay rapidly from the contact center and any cracks will …