In typical metallic contacts, stresses are very high and result in yielding of the material.
Therefore, the study of contacts which include simultaneous elastic and plastic deformation …

This review examines the recent literature that has focused on uniaxial compression
experiments of single crystals at the micrometer scale. Collectively, the studies discovered …

The fundamental processes that govern plasticity and determine strength in crystalline
materials at small length scales have been studied for over fifty years,,. Recent studies of …

Uniaxial compression tests have been performed on single crystal Au columns ranging in
diameter from 180 nm to 8 µm. The columns were machined into the surface of a large …

Recent nanomechanical tests on submicron metal columns and wires have revealed a
dramatic increase in yield strength with decreasing sample size. Here, we demonstrate that …

This review examines the size effects observed in the mechanical strength of thin metal films
and small samples such as single-crystalline pillars, whiskers, and wires. Experimental …

Indentation is a remarkably flexible mechanical test due to its relative experimental
simplicity. Coupled with advances in instrument development, ease of implementation has …

[110]-oriented microcrystals of solutionized 50.7 at.% Ni–Ti were prepared by focused ion
beam machining and then tested in compression to investigate the stress-induced B2-to …

Monolithic nanoporous copper was synthesized by dealloying Mn0. 7Cu0. 3 by two distinct
methods: potentiostatically driven dealloying and free corrosion. Both the ligament size and …

The present work uses focused ion beam methods to prepare samples for transmission
electron microscopy in order to quantitatively characterize changes in the dislocation …