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 …

Recent experiments on nanostructured materials, such as nanoparticles, nanowires,
nanotubes, nanopillars, thin films, and nanocrystals have revealed a host of “ultra-strength” …

Applications of nanowires into future generation nanodevices require a complete
understanding of the mechanical properties of the nanowires. A great research effort has …

Increasing demand for energy and reduction of carbon dioxide emissions has revived
interest in nuclear energy. Designing materials for radiation environments necessitates a …

Pushing the internal or external dimensions of metallic alloys down to the nanometer scale
gives rise to strong materials, though most often at the expense of a low ductility and a low …

The surface of water provides an excellent environment for gliding movement, in both nature
and modern technology, from surface living animals such as the water strider, to Langmuir …

The underlying mechanisms of surface phenomena are very complex and still not entirely
clear. The aim of this work attempts to reveal the important contribution of the nonlocal …

A unique method for quantitative in situ nanotensile testing in a transmission electron
microscope employing focused ion beam fabricated specimens was developed …

In situ mechanical tests were carried out to measure the tensile behavior of single-crystalline
face-centered cubic (fcc) gold (Au) and body-centered cubic (bcc) molybdenum (Mo) nano …

The stress-strain fields realized in spherical indentation tests are highly heterogeneous, and
present a significant challenge to the recovery of bulk stress-strain responses such as those …