Although indentation experiments have long been used to measure the hardness and
Young's modulus, the utility of this technique in analyzing the complete elastic–plastic …

The mechanical response of materials with spatial gradients in composition and structure is
of considerable interest in disciplines as diverse as tribology, geology, optoelectronics …

A comprehensive computational study was undertaken to identify the extent to which elasto-
plastic properties of ductile materials could be determined from instrumented sharp …

The modulus of elasticity of soft materials on the nanoscale is of interest when studying thin
films, nanocomposites, and biomaterials. Two novel modes of atomic force microscopy …

Nanoindentation has become a commonplace tool for the measurement of mechanical
properties at small scales, but may have even greater importance as a technique for …

The mechanical behaviour of nanocrystalline materials (that is, polycrystals with a grain size
of less than 100 nm) remains controversial. Although it is commonly accepted that the …

Although aluminum has a smaller modulus in {111}〈 112̄〉 shear than that of copper, we
find by first-principles calculation that its ideal shear strength is larger because of a more …

Plastic deformation of two Pd-and two Zr-based bulk metallic glasses (BMGs) is investigated
through the use of nanoindentation, which probes mechanical properties at the length scale …

Abstract Nanometre-scale contact experiments,,,,, and simulations,,, demonstrate the
potential to probe incipient plasticity—the onset of permanent deformation—in crystals. Such …

Indentation is a remarkably flexible mechanical test due to its relative experimental
simplicity. Coupled with advances in instrument development, ease of implementation has …