Connections between the Hertz-type contact problems and depth-sensing indentation of
materials are studied. Formulations of Hertz-type contact problems with various boundary …

Regarding the wide use of fly ash in normal and high-strength concrete, this study aims to
investigate the microstructure and mechanical properties of fly ash blended cement pastes …

Abstract Calcium–silicate–hydrate (C–S–H) gel, the main product of cement hydration,
contributes the most to engineering properties of concrete. Hence, the microstructural …

The nanomechanical assessment of collagen fibrils via atomic force microscopy (AFM) is of
increasing interest within the biomedical research community. In contrast to conventional …

The main purpose of this study is to investigate the nano-indentation test method and
validation of its finite element simulation. In the first stage, the nano-indentation experiment …

It is critical to utilize the substrate bias voltage to attract the sputtered ions in high power
impulse magnetron sputtering (HIPIMS) plasmas which contain a large amount of target ion …

Cementitious composites incorporating slag were investigated by multiple techniques,
including scanning electron microscopy with backscattered electron and energy-dispersive …

The combination of electrospinning and forcespinning (otherwise called electrostatic-
centrifugal spinning) was first proposed in our laboratory. A viscoelastic jet has a stretching …

W/WC bilayers were grown using the DC magnetron sputtering technique and varying
substrate temperature. The mechanical and tribological behaviors were characterized using …

A series of articles by Kaupp et al. have recently been published in “Scanning,” containing
erroneous claims about the curvature of pyramidal nanoindentation loading curves. The …