Pushing the Envelope of In Situ Transmission Electron Microscopy

R Ramachandramoorthy, R Bernal, HD Espinosa - ACS nano, 2015 - ACS Publications
Recent major improvements to the transmission electron microscope (TEM) including
aberration-corrected electron optics, light-element-sensitive analytical instrumentation …

A review of microelectromechanical systems for nanoscale mechanical characterization

Y Zhu, TH Chang - Journal of Micromechanics and …, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
A plethora of nanostructures with outstanding properties have emerged over the past
decades. Measuring their mechanical properties and understanding their deformation …

High strain rate tensile testing of silver nanowires: rate-dependent brittle-to-ductile transition

R Ramachandramoorthy, W Gao, R Bernal… - Nano …, 2016 - ACS Publications
The characterization of nanomaterials under high strain rates is critical to understand their
suitability for dynamic applications such as nanoresonators and nanoswitches. It is also of …

Intrinsic Bauschinger effect and recoverable plasticity in pentatwinned silver nanowires tested in tension

RA Bernal, A Aghaei, S Lee, S Ryu, K Sohn… - Nano …, 2015 - ACS Publications
Silver nanowires are promising components of flexible electronics such as interconnects
and touch displays. Despite the expected cyclic loading in these applications …

Advanced microelectromechanical systems-based nanomechanical testing: beyond stress and strain measurements

S Bhowmick, H Espinosa, K Jungjohann, T Pardoen… - Mrs Bulletin, 2019 - cambridge.org
The field of in situ nanomechanics is greatly benefiting from microelectromechanical
systems (MEMS) technology and integrated microscale testing machines that can measure a …

Advances in mechanical characterization of 1D and 2D nanomaterials: progress and prospects

MF Pantano, I Kuljanishvili - Nano express, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Last several decades have sparked a tremendous interest in mechanical properties of low
dimensional systems specifically 1D and 2D nanomaterials, in large, due to their remarkable …

MEMS-based platforms for multi-physical characterization of nanomaterials: A review

J Qu, X Liu - IEEE Sensors Journal, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Functional nanomaterials possess exceptional mechanical, electrical and thermal properties
which have significantly benefited their diverse applications to a variety of scientific and …

Reliability of single crystal silver nanowire-based systems: stress assisted instabilities

R Ramachandramoorthy, Y Wang, A Aghaei… - ACS …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Time-dependent mechanical characterization of nanowires is critical to understand their
long-term reliability in applications, such as flexible-electronics and touch screens. It is also …

Microelectromechanical systems for nanomechanical testing: electrostatic actuation and capacitive sensing for high-strain-rate testing

C Li, D Zhang, G Cheng, Y Zhu - Experimental Mechanics, 2020 - Springer
There have been relatively few studies on mechanical properties of nanomaterials under
high strain rates, mainly due to the lack of capable nanomechanical testing devices. Here …

Real-time Quantitative Electro-mechanical Characterization of Nanomaterials Based on Integrated MEMS Device

Y Huang, M Nie, B Li, B Wu, A Zheng… - IEEE Sensors …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Electromechanical characterization has a guiding significance for predicting the service
behavior of nanomaterials. Herein, we design a thermal driving-based MEMS device using …