Nanoindentation has been widely utilized for measuring mechanical properties at small
scales over the past three decades. Indentation size effect (ISE) is a crucial phenomenon in …

Deformation at high strain rates often results in high stresses on many engineering
materials, potentially leading to catastrophic failure without proper design. High-strain-rate …

To develop transparent materials with superior mechanical properties, nanocrystalline
magnesium aluminate (MgAl 2 O 4) spinel with grain sizes ranging from 3.7 to 80 nm has …

Nanoindentation is a critical technique to probe mechanical properties at the micrometer
and sub-micrometer scales, accompanied by challenges from indentation size effect, pile …

Materials indented at small scales may simultaneously exhibit indentation size and strain
rate effects which complicate the identification of the mechanisms that control deformation …

Shale rocks have become an indispensable natural gas and oil source. Hence, the
knowledge of the mechanical properties of shales is critical for field applications. In this …

The seminal work of Nix and Gao in (J Mech Phys Solids, 46: 411–425, 1998), laid the
foundation for quantifying indentation size effect (ISE). Several groups around the world …

Inspired by natural structures like bamboo and bone, the incorporation of heterogeneous
fibrous structure plays a significant role in skillfully optimizing their mechanical properties. A …

Disentangling the intragranular and interfacial plasticity contribution to the overall strain
accommodation is crucial to understanding the microstructural evolution and mass transport …

Recent developments in test methodologies for nanoindenter-based small-length-scale
mechanical characterization are overviewed, such as micropillar compression, cantilever …