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Beyond Indentation Hardness and Modulus: Advances in Nanoindentation Techniques : Part I

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Guest Editor: Yue Liu
Co-Guest Editors: Xinghang Zhang
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Publication Date: November 2017
Keywords: Advanced Materials, Mechanical Properties, Thin Films and Interfaces
Scope: Instrumented indentation testing has long been used for determining hardness and modulus at sub-micrometer length scales. Recently, advances in indentation-based mechanical testing have enabled quantitative characterization of many additional mechanical-material responses at the nanoscale, such as stress-strain relation, viscoelastic/plastic property, creep and stress relaxation behavior, strain-rate sensitivity, fracture toughness, interfacial adhesion, and in situ nanoindentation in electron microscope. The ability to quantitatively characterize and tailor the mechanical properties of individual microstructures/phases/constituents/interfaces in bulk materials at the nanoscale, as well as thin films and low dimensional materials, has been critical for making revolutionary advances in materials development. The scope of this JOM topic is to review the recent advances in nanoindentation techniques on measuring various nanoscale mechanical properties.