A constrained compression test is developed to replicate the mechanical state of a lithium
filament within a solid state battery. Lithium microspheres are compressed between parallel …

It has been well documented that plastic deformation of crystalline and amorphous
metals/alloys shows a general trend of “smaller is stronger”. The majority of the experimental …

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 …

Nanoparticles are commonly used in various fields of applications such as electronics,
catalysis or engineering where they can be subjected to a certain amount of stress leading …

We report a transition from homogeneous deformation to localized densification for
nanoporous gold (NPG) under compression, with its solid fraction (φ) increasing to above∼ …

A plethora of nanostructures with outstanding properties have emerged over the past
decades. Measuring their mechanical properties and understanding their deformation …

The gradient nano-grained (GNG) structures achieve a combination of high strength and
ductility compared with homogeneous nano-grained structures. In order to study the …

Homogeneous interfaces like grain boundaries (GBs) play an important role in crystalline
plasticity as they often serve as obstacles for dislocation motion, as well as dislocation …

Glass has been recently envisioned as a stronger and more robust alternative to silicon in
microelectromechanical system applications, including high-frequency resonators and …

The finite-temperature mechanical strength of nanoscale pristine metals at laboratory strain
rates may be controlled by surface dislocation nucleation, which was hypothesized to be …