In situ nanoindentation: Probing nanoscale multifunctionality

H Nili, K Kalantar-zadeh, M Bhaskaran… - Progress in Materials …, 2013 - Elsevier
Nanoindentation is the leading technique for evaluating nanoscale mechanical properties of
materials. Consistent developments in instrumentation and their capabilities are …

Van der Waals semiconductor InSe plastifies by martensitic transformation

Y Sun, Y Ma, JY Zhang, TR Wei, X Shi, D Rodney… - Science …, 2024 - science.org
Inorganic semiconductor materials are crucial for modern technologies, but their brittleness
and limited processability hinder the development of flexible, wearable, and miniaturized …

Understanding nanoscale plasticity by quantitative in situ conductive nanoindentation

J George, S Mannepalli… - Advanced Engineering …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Electronic materials such as semiconductors, piezo‐and ferroelectrics, and metal oxides are
primary constituents in sensing, actuation, nanoelectronics, memory, and energy systems …

Nanoscale Resistive Switching in Amorphous Perovskite Oxide (a‐SrTiO3) Memristors

H Nili, S Walia, S Balendhran… - Advanced Functional …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Memristive devices are the precursors to high density nanoscale memories and the building
blocks for neuromorphic computing. In this work, a unique room temperature synthesized …

Nanoindentation pop‐in in oxides at room temperature: dislocation activation or crack formation?

X Fang, H Bishara, K Ding, H Tsybenko… - Journal of the …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Most oxide ceramics are known to be brittle macroscopically at room temperature with little
or no dislocation‐based plasticity prior to crack propagation. Here, we demonstrate the size …

[HTML][HTML] Deconfinement leads to changes in the nanoscale plasticity of silicon

D Chrobak, N Tymiak, A Beaber, O Ugurlu… - Nature …, 2011 - nature.com
Silicon crystals have an important role in the electronics industry, and silicon nanoparticles
have applications in areas such as nanoelectromechanical systems, photonics and …

Electrically controlled giant piezoresistance in silicon nanowires

P Neuzil, CC Wong, J Reboud - Nano letters, 2010 - ACS Publications
Herein we demonstrate giant piezoresistance in silicon nanowires (NWs) by the modulation
of an electric field-induced with an external electrical bias. Positive bias for a p-type device …

Donor‐Induced Performance Tuning of Amorphous SrTiO3 Memristive Nanodevices: Multistate Resistive Switching and Mechanical Tunability

H Nili, S Walia, AE Kandjani… - Advanced Functional …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Metal–oxide valence‐change memristive devices are the key contenders for the
development of multilevel nonvolatile analog memories and neuromorphic computing …

Mechanical behaviors of nanowires

Y Chen, X An, X Liao - Applied Physics Reviews, 2017 - pubs.aip.org
The mechanical behaviors of nanowires (NWs) are significantly different from those of their
bulk materials because of their small dimensions. Determining the mechanical performance …

Phase transformation and nanograin refinement of silicon by processing through high-pressure torsion

Y Ikoma, K Hayano, K Edalati, K Saito, Q Guo… - Applied Physics …, 2012 - pubs.aip.org
Si (100) wafers were subjected to severe plastic deformation under a pressure of 24 GPa
using high-pressure torsion (HPT). Si wafers were plastically deformed at room temperature …