The unproven reliability of perovskite photovoltaics (PVs) is likely to pose an important
technical hurdle in the path towards the widespread deployment of the technology. The …

Nanoindentation has become an increasingly popular method to determine the mechanical
properties of both homogeneous and heterogeneous materials. Rocks are inherently …

The garnet‐type phase Li7La3Zr2O12 (LLZO) attracts significant attention as an oxide solid
electrolyte to enable safe and robust solid‐state batteries (SSBs) with potentially high …

The focused ion beam (FIB) is a powerful tool for fabrication, modification, and
characterization of materials down to the nanoscale. Starting with the gallium FIB, which was …

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

In order to make CoCrNi medium-entropy alloys (MEAs) applied for high temperature fields,
we hereby demonstrate an approach of manipulating the mechanical properties of fcc …

The inherent brittleness of the refractory metal tungsten represents a major challenge for its
application as divertor material in future nuclear fusion reactors. Grain refinement to the …

Climate change is anticipated to have a major impact on concrete structures through
increasing rates of deterioration as well the impacts of extreme weather events. The …

Most functional microelectronic devices as well as hard coatings use brittle ceramics like
Titanium Nitride (TiN) in nanostructured, thin film form. Damage tolerance is critical to their …

In this study, microtensile and nanoindentation tests were systematically performed to
evaluate the contribution of the block boundary to yield strength and to correlate the strength …