Atomistic studies of nanoindentation—A review of recent advances

CJ Ruestes, IA Alhafez, HM Urbassek - Crystals, 2017 - mdpi.com
This review covers areas where our understanding of the mechanisms underlying
nanoindentation has been increased by atomistic studies of the nanoindentation process …

[HTML][HTML] Review of indentation size effect in crystalline materials: progress, challenges and opportunities

Z Shen, Y Su, Z Liang, X Long - Journal of Materials Research and …, 2024 - Elsevier
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 …

Comparison of force fields for the prediction of thermophysical properties of long linear and branched alkanes

S Schmitt, F Fleckenstein, H Hasse… - The Journal of Physical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The prediction of thermophysical properties at extreme conditions is an important application
of molecular simulations. The quality of these predictions primarily depends on the quality of …

Molecular dynamics simulation of nanoindentation in Al and Fe: On the influence of system characteristics

HT Luu, SL Dang, TV Hoang, N Gunkelmann - Applied Surface Science, 2021 - Elsevier
Indentation is one of the most widely used methods to determine the characteristics of
metallic materials. Molecular dynamics (MD) simulations are a powerful tool to investigate …

Molecular dynamics simulation of nanoindentation on Cu/Ni nanotwinned multilayer films using a spherical indenter

T Fu, X Peng, X Chen, S Weng, N Hu, Q Li, Z Wang - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
We performed molecular dynamics simulation of nanoindentation on Cu/Ni nanotwinned
multilayer films using a spherical indenter, aimed to investigate the effects of hetero-twin …

[HTML][HTML] Understanding imprint formation, plastic instabilities and hardness evolutions in FCC, BCC and HCP metal surfaces

J Varillas, J Očenášek, J Torner, J Alcalá - Acta Materialia, 2021 - Elsevier
Nanoindentation experiments in metal surfaces are characterized by the onset of plastic
instabilities along with the development of permanent nanoimprints and dense defect …

Formation of prismatic loops in AlN and GaN under nanoindentation

H Xiang, H Li, T Fu, C Huang, X Peng - Acta Materialia, 2017 - Elsevier
The formation of prismatic loops in metals has been studied extensively, but the
corresponding research related to ceramics can rarely be found in the literature. In this …

Effect of crystallographic orientation on mechanical properties of single-crystal CoCrFeMnNi high-entropy alloy

Y Qi, H Xu, T He, M Feng - Materials Science and Engineering: A, 2021 - Elsevier
Using molecular dynamics (MD) simulation, the influence of crystallographic orientation on
the mechanical properties and microstructure evolution of the single-crystal CoCrFeMnNi …

The effect of Cu and Mn elements on the mechanical properties of single-crystal CoCrFeNi-based high-entropy alloy under nanoindentation

Y Qi, T He, M Feng - Journal of Applied Physics, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
Considering the impact of chemical compositions, the mechanical properties and
microstructure evolution of the single-crystal FCC CoCrFeNi-based high-entropy alloys …

Molecular dynamics simulation of BCC Ta with coherent twin boundaries under nanoindentation

C Huang, X Peng, T Fu, X Chen, H Xiang, Q Li… - Materials Science and …, 2017 - Elsevier
We performed molecular dynamics (MD) simulations of nanoindentation on monocrystalline
and nanotwinned Ta (nt-Ta) films, aimed to uncover the effects of twin boundary (TB) and …