Micro milling cutters or micro mills are unique and important micro tools for fabricating
miniaturised devices with sufficient geometrical and dimensional accuracy and machined …

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 …

In atomistic simulations, pseudo-dynamical relaxation schemes often exhibit better
performance and accuracy in finding local minima than line-search-based descent …

Hydrogen pick-up leading to hydride formation is often observed in commercially pure Ti
(CP-Ti) and Ti-based alloys prepared for microscopic observation by conventional methods …

Vibration-assisted machining (VAM) is an external energy assisted machining method to
improve the material removal process by superimposing high frequency and small …

The ion beam polishing techniques for silicon wafers play a key role in the fabrication of
optical element. However, the dynamical ion beam polishing process at nanoscale time and …

Modern advanced manufacturing technologies have made possible the tailored design and
fabrication of complex nanoscale architectures with anomalous and enhanced properties …

In this work, a facile nanofabrication approach for functional 3D micro-nano architectures is
developed. Freestanding silicon 3D micro-nanostructures are fabricated by precisely …

Focused ion beam (FIB) milling is an increasingly popular technique for fabricating micro-
sized samples for nanomechanical characterization. Previous investigations have cautioned …

Eigenstrain offers a versatile generic framework for the description of inelastic deformation
that acts as the source of residual stresses. Focused ion beam (FIB) milling used for …