The origin of the indentation size effect has been extensively researched over the last three
decades, following the establishment of nanoindentation as a broadly used small-scale …

Indentation is a remarkably flexible mechanical test due to its relative experimental
simplicity. Coupled with advances in instrument development, ease of implementation has …

For a better mechanistic understanding of the deformation phenomena that occur during
nanoindentation testing, complimentary experimental techniques are critical. This overview …

In nanoindentation, the occurrence of cracks, pileup, sink-in, or film delamination adds
additional complexity to the analysis of the load–displacement curves. Many techniques and …

Plasticity size effects offer both measurement challenges and opportunities for material
engineering. We have used nano-indentation to study the relationship between different size …

Pop-in during nanoindentation, which indicates the onset of dislocation plasticity, was
systematically investigated in annealed and pre-strained single crystals of nickel using …

The influence of temperature on the indentation size effect is explored experimentally.
Copper is indented on a custom-built high-temperature nanoindenter at temperatures …

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 …

Materials indented at small scales may simultaneously exhibit indentation size and strain
rate effects which complicate the identification of the mechanisms that control deformation …

Nanoindentation is a well-stablished experiment to study the mechanical properties of
materials at the small length scales of micro and nano. Unlike the conventional indentation …