The indentation size effect is one of several size effects on strength for which “smaller is
stronger.” Through use of geometrically self-similar indenters such as cones and pyramids …

In recent years, near-nano (submicron) and nanostructured materials have attracted
increasingly more attention from the materials community. Nanocrystalline materials are …

Abstract Ti and Ti-TiB composite materials were produced by selective laser melting (SLM).
Ti showed an α΄ microstructure, whereas the Ti-TiB composite revealed a distribution of …

In metal matrix composites, a metal is combined with another, often nonmetallic, phase to
produce a novel material having attractive engineering attributes of its own. A subject of …

Over the last three decades, a number of researchers have used the gradient-enhanced
plasticity theory to model the microstructural material behavior, which is not able to be …

The indentation hardness–depth relation established by Nix and Gao [1998. Indentation size
effects in crystalline materials: a law for strain gradient plasticity. J. Mech. Phys. Solids 46 …

Glass is a material with essentially unlimited application possibilities. This second edition of
a comprehensive reference in glass science, points out the correlation between the …

Shale formations as major unconventional energy resources are crucial in satisfying the
global energy needs of the future. Via nanoindentation method and upscale method, the …

The newly-surged high-entropy alloys (HEAs), in particular the refractory HEAs, manifest
excellent properties for practice applications. In this work, we systematically investigated the …

The nanoindentation test has become one of the most broadly expanded techniques used to
measure the mechanical properties in a sub-micron range. However, the interpretation of the …