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 …

The continuing trend of miniaturizing materials in many modern technological applications
has led to a strong demand for understanding the complex mechanical properties of …

Understanding the plasticity and strength of crystalline materials in terms of the dynamics of
microscopic defects has been a goal of materials research in the last 70 years. The size …

Discrete dislocation dynamics simulations in three dimensions have been used to examine
the role of dislocation multiplication and mobility on the plasticity in small samples under …

The size-dependence of the plastic response of single-crystal micropillars at
submicron/micron length scales under compression was investigated using three …

Nanomechanical devices are certain to play an important role in future technologies.
Already sensors and actuators based on MEMS technologies are common and new devices …

Strong size effects have been experimentally observed when microstructural features
approach the geometric dimensions of the sample. In this work experimental investigations …

The membrane deflection experiment developed by Espinosa and co-workers was used to
examine size effects on mechanical properties of free-standing polycrystalline FCC thin …

We demonstrate strain-rate sensitivity emerging in single-crystalline Cu nanopillars with
diameters ranging from 75 up to 500nm through uniaxial deformation experiments …

Compression testing of micropillars (yield stress as a function of pillar diameter) has been
interpreted in terms of very different scaling exponents for the size effect (smaller is stronger) …