Recent experiments on nanostructured materials, such as nanoparticles, nanowires,
nanotubes, nanopillars, thin films, and nanocrystals have revealed a host of “ultra-strength” …

The exceptional physical properties and unique layered structure of two-dimensional (2D)
materials have made this class of materials great candidates for applications in electronics …

Perfect graphene is believed to be the strongest material. However, the useful strength of
large-area graphene with engineering relevance is usually determined by its fracture …

Achieving high elasticity for silicon (Si) nanowires, one of the most important and versatile
building blocks in nanoelectronics, would enable their application in flexible electronics and …

Solid-state phase transformation is an intriguing phenomenon in crystalline or noncrystalline
solids due to the distinct physical and chemical properties that can be obtained and modified …

High-entropy alloys (HEAs) are evolving multi-component metallic systems, wherein
generally five or more principal elements tend to provide strong solid-solution strengthening …

In situ transmission electron microscopy (TEM) nanomechanical testing has benefited from a
number of recent technical developments related to both how deformation is imaged and …

Fracture of metals at the nanoscale and corresponding failure mechanisms have recently
attracted considerable interest. However, quantitative in situ fracture experiments of …

Anisotropic mechanics of van der Waals (vdWs) materials offers opportunity to peel off
individual atomic layers, initiating a 2D revolution in the fields of materials science, physics …

A plethora of nanostructures with outstanding properties have emerged over the past
decades. Measuring their mechanical properties and understanding their deformation …