Mechanical properties play important roles at different scales in biology. At the level of a
single cell, the mechanical properties mediate mechanosensing and mechanotransduction …

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

Mechanical properties of biological materials are increasingly explored via nanoindentation
testing. This paper reviews the modes of deformation found during indentation: elastic …

In this study, a deep learning based nanoindentation method is proposed to reduce the
complexities in evaluating mechanical properties of polymers. To uniquely identify the …

The remarkable mechanical performance of biological materials is based on intricate
structure–function relationships. Nanoindentation has become the primary tool for …

It is of interest to measure the modulus of rigidity at small indentation depths for many
systems, such as thin films, nanocomposites, biomaterials, etc. Depth-dependence of the …

This paper reports the development of a novel semi-analytical model for solving the transient
and steady-state contact responses of a rigid sphere sliding/rolling on a viscoelastic layer …

A considerable material discontinuity between the enamel and dentin might jeopardize the
tooth's mechanical durability over time without the attenuation of the dentin-enamel junction …

Nanobiomechanics of living cells is very important to understand cell–materials interactions.
This would potentially help to optimize the surface design of the implanted materials and …

Nanoindentation techniques have recently been adapted for the study of biological
materials. This feature will consider the experimental adaptations required for such studies …