Nanoindentation experiments are widely used for assessing the local mechanical properties
of materials. In recent years some new exciting developments have been performed for also …

Instrumented indentation, which is also known as nanoindentation or depth-sensing
indentation, is increasingly being used to probe the residual stresses of materials including …

In order to fabricate durable and efficient thermoelectric generators (TEG) for applications
like automobile waste heat recovery, where thermal stress is a major concern, one needs to …

The full understanding of the deformation mechanisms in nanostructured bainite requires
the local characterization of its mechanical properties, which are expected to change from …

In particulate-reinforced metal matrix composites (MMCs), geometrically necessary
dislocations (GNDs) form in the vicinity of reinforcement/matrix interfaces. In this study, the …

Thin Films and Coatings: Toughening and Toughness Characterization captures the latest
developments in the toughening of hard coatings and in the measurement of the toughness …

Abstract Effects of isothermal annealing on structural relaxation, crystallization and
mechanical behavior of Zr-40 at.% Cu thin film metallic glass (TFMG) are reported. Two …

In this paper, a novel method is proposed to determine surface residual stress components
and their directions based on the spherical indentation. To obtain the direction and the …

Fluoride–phosphate (FP) glasses have been developed (in terms of glass forming ability) as
a more stable alternative to fluoride glasses. Benefitting from the low polarizability of the …

In order to figure out the mechanical properties of freeform bio-medical parts made by
Additive Manufacturing (AM), Instrumented Indentation Testing (IIT) is introduced to measure …