This article reviews recent literature on polymer nanocomposites using advanced
indentation techniques to evaluate the surface mechanical properties down to the nanoscale …

Viscoelasticity is a complex yet important phenomenon that drives material response at
different scales of time and space. Burgeoning interest in nanoscale dynamic material …

Agar is a biological polymer, frequently used in tissue engineering research; due to its
consistency, controllable size, and concentration-based properties, it often serves as a …

Handbook of Nanophysics: Functional Nanomaterials illustrates the importance of tailoring
nanomaterials to achieve desired functions in applications. Each peer-reviewed chapter …

The review covers the understanding of the nanostructure development in glassy and
semicrystalline polymers as revealed by indentation hardness methods. The microhardness …

Shape memory polymers (SMPs) respond to heat by generating programmable movement
in devices that require substantial deformation and operate at transient temperatures …

Hydrogels pose unique challenges to nanoindentation including sample preparation, control
of experimental parameters, and limitations imposed by mechanical testing instruments and …

The accuracy of mechanical properties from depth-sensing indentation, or nanoindentation,
depends on the accuracy of the displacement measurement used to calculate these …

Mechanical properties play a central role in drug formulation development and
manufacturing. Traditional characterization of mechanical properties of pharmaceutical …

Nano-indentation is widely used for probing the micromechanical properties of materials.
Based on the indentation of surfaces using probes with a well-defined geometry, the elastic …