Overview on micro-and nanomechanical testing: New insights in interface plasticity and fracture at small length scales

G Dehm, BN Jaya, R Raghavan, C Kirchlechner - Acta Materialia, 2018 - Elsevier
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 …

High temperature nanoindentation: The state of the art and future challenges

JM Wheeler, DEJ Armstrong, W Heinz… - Current Opinion in Solid …, 2015 - Elsevier
Nanoindentation measurement capabilities at elevated temperatures have developed
considerably over the last two decades. Commercially available systems can now perform …

Ultrastrong nanotwinned pure nickel with extremely fine twin thickness

F Duan, Y Lin, J Pan, L Zhao, Q Guo, D Zhang, Y Li - Science Advances, 2021 - science.org
The strength of nanocrystalline and nanotwinned metals stops increasing or even starts
decreasing when their grain size or twin thickness is below a critical size—a phenomenon …

[HTML][HTML] Micromechanical response of pure magnesium at different strain rate and temperature conditions: twin to slip and slip to twin transitions

NM della Ventura, P Schweizer, A Sharma, M Jain… - Acta Materialia, 2023 - Elsevier
The strain rate (ε˙) and temperature (T) dependent mechanical response of single crystal
magnesium (Mg) micropillars compressed along the [2¯ 110] direction (a-axis) is …

Nanocrystalline high-entropy alloys: a new paradigm in high-temperature strength and stability

Y Zou, JM Wheeler, H Ma, P Okle, R Spolenak - Nano letters, 2017 - ACS Publications
Metals with nanometer-scale grains or nanocrystalline metals exhibit high strengths at
ambient conditions, yet their strengths substantially decrease with increasing temperature …

Anisotropic mechanical properties and deformation mechanisms of nanotwinned Ni and Ni alloys with extremely fine twin boundary spacings

F Duan, Q Li, Z Shen, Z Jiang, W Liu, Y Yan, J Pan… - Acta Materialia, 2023 - Elsevier
Introducing nanotwins with extremely fine twin boundary spacing (TBSs≤ 10 nm) in metals
with high stacking fault energy (SFE) has posed a longstanding challenge, hindering an in …

[HTML][HTML] Measuring microscale mechanical properties of PVdF binder phase and the binder-particle interface using micromechanical testing

AHS Iyer, P Gupta, P Gudmundson… - Materials Science and …, 2023 - Elsevier
In this study, we developed a robust methodology for extracting the mechanical properties of
individual components in complex systems such as Li-ion battery electrodes and provided …

Strength, plasticity, thermal stability and strain rate sensitivity of nanograined nickel with amorphous ceramic grain boundaries

B Wei, W Wu, D **e, M Nastasi, J Wang - Acta Materialia, 2021 - Elsevier
A large fraction of grain boundaries imparts high strength to nanocrystalline (NC) metals but
causes the poor thermal stability of microstructures and a significant reduction of strength …

Micro-compression studies of face-centered cubic and body-centered cubic high-entropy alloys: Size-dependent strength, strain rate sensitivity, and activation …

Y **ao, R Kozak, MJR Haché, W Steurer… - Materials Science and …, 2020 - Elsevier
High-entropy alloys (HEAs) are evolving multi-component metallic systems, wherein
generally five or more principal elements tend to provide strong solid-solution strengthening …

Mechanical properties of 3D nanostructures obtained by focused electron/ion beam-induced deposition: A review

I Utke, J Michler, R Winkler, H Plank - Micromachines, 2020 - mdpi.com
This article reviews the state-of-the-art of mechanical material properties and measurement
methods of nanostructures obtained by two nanoscale additive manufacturing methods: gas …