Although indentation experiments have long been used to measure the hardness and
Young's modulus, the utility of this technique in analyzing the complete elastic–plastic …

The method we introduced in 1992 for measuring hardness and elastic modulus by
instrumented indentation techniques has widely been adopted and used in the …

As one of the representative characteristics of plastic deformation, microstructural plastic
strain inhomogeneity has triggered a broad interest in uncovering the corresponding …

The interfacial transition zone (ITZ) has a major detrimental impact on the structural
performance of concrete. This negative impact can be modulated by introducing mineral …

In electrospinning, polymer nanofibers are formed by the creation and elongation of an
electrified fluid jet. The path of the jet is from a fluid surface that is often, but not necessarily …

We provide an overview of the basic concepts of scaling and dimensional analysis, followed
by a review of some of the recent work on applying these concepts to modeling instrumented …

A well-known fact is that the mechanical properties of cement-based materials largely
depend on the material structure at the micro-and nano-scales. To understand and improve …

To develop functional sustainable epoxy resins, we report a novel epoxy resin (DEU-EP)
with high net biobased content (70.2 wt%) derived from renewable eugenol. We …

This paper reviews commonly used methods of analysing and interpreting nanoindentation
test data, with a particular emphasis on the testing of thin films. The popularity of …

To reduce the dead load of concrete structures, this study developed a high performance
lightweight aggregate concrete (HPLAC) by combining the use of ultra high performance …