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

Shales are a class of multiscale, multiphase, hybrid inorganic-organic composite materials
exhibiting both frictional and cohesive behavior, and it is very challenging to characterize …

Despite its ubiquitous presence as binding phase in all cementitious materials, the
mechanical behavior of calcium–silicate–hydrates (C–S–H) is still an enigma that has …

Several composites comprise material phases that cannot be recapitulated ex situ, including
calcium silicate hydrates in cementitous materials, hydroxyapatite in bone, and clay …

Herein, we present a comprehensive nanoindentation investigation of cement pastes
prepared at substoichiometric water-to-cement (w/c) mass ratios between 0.15 and 0.4 with …

Elemental partitioning and hardness in Ti-and Ta-containing Co-base superalloys,
strengthened by γ′-Co 3 (Al, W) precipitates, have been studied by local measurements …

This paper reports a three-dimensional (3D) study of the microstructure and texture below a
conical nanoindent in a (111) Cu single crystal at nanometer-scale resolution. The …

Instrumented indentation (referred to as nanoindentation at low loads and low depths) has
now become established for the single point characterization of hardness and elastic …

Bedding is the smallest macroscopic layer in a sedimentary sequence, usually containing
different mineral compositions and ranging in thickness from a few tens of micrometers to a …

In their paper, Trtik et al.(2009) identify spurious peaks in the application of statistical
nanoindentation technique as a critical obstacle for mechanical phase identification. In this …