Advanced experimental and numerical approaches are being developed to capture the
localization of plasticity at the nanometer scale as a function of the multiscale and …

Nanoindentation based techniques were significantly enhanced by continuous stiffness
monitoring capabilities. In essence, this allowed to expand from point-wise discrete …

The quest for novel materials used in technologies demanding extreme performance has
been accelerated by advances in computational materials screening, additive manufacturing …

Background The continuous development of new multiphase alloys with improved
mechanical properties requires quantitative microstructure-resolved observation of the …

Crystallographic slip system identification methods are widely employed to characterize the
fine scale deformation of metals. While powerful, they usually rely on the occurrence of …

A method for obtaining microscopic and localized stress-strain curves is proposed by
combining strain measurements using the digital image correlation (DIC) method with stress …

The characterization of materials in ever smaller dimensions is crucial for the growing
demand for miniaturized devices. Hence, in situ fracture experiments are frequently …

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

Scanning electron microscopy‐based high‐resolution digital image correlation (HRDIC) is
now an established technique, providing full‐field strain and displacement measurement at …

Lattice strain in crystals can be exploited to effectively tune their physical properties. In
microscopic structures, experimental access to the full strain tensor with spatial resolution at …