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 …

Although instrumented nanoindentation testing has been used to characterize the
mechanical properties of materials since the 1970s, the vast majority of the research …

Muscle‐based biohybrid actuators have generated significant interest as the future of
biorobotics but so far they move without having much control over their actuation behavior …

We report mechanical behavior and strain rate dependence of recoverability and energy
dissipation in vertically aligned carbon nanotube (VACNT) bundles subjected to quasi-static …

Carbon nanotube (CNT) forests are CNT populations that self-assemble into vertically
oriented cellular arrays during growth. The anisotropic and inhomogeneous morphology of …

For the first time, carbon nanotube (CNT) forests are fully characterized as transversely
isotropic continuum material. Each of the five independent elastic constants is …

In the present investigation, aluminum-based nanocomposites using multiwalled carbon
nanotubes (Al-MWCNTs) were developed using nanostructured Al as a matrix and MWCNTs …

Micromechanical experiments, image analysis, and theoretical modeling revealed that local
failure events and compressive stresses of vertically aligned carbon nanotubes (VACNTs) …

We report buckling-driven delamination of carbon nanotube (CNT) forests from their growth
substrates when subjected to compression. Macroscale compression experiments reveal …

Carbon nanotubes have the potential to construct highly compressible and elastic
macroscopic structures such as films, aerogels and sponges. The structure-related …