InTech, 2012, 308 pages, ISBN: 9535108023 9789535108023The book aims to be a walk through achievements in some of the distant fields and to give a brief overview of the current frontiers in nanoindentation. Although it is not possible to cover the whole width of the possible themes in one book, the reader will benefit from the topics variety and the book will serve as a useful source of literature references.Nanotechnologies have already attracted massive interest in multiple fields of science and industry. In the past decades, we have witnessed the progress in micro-level experimental techniques that revolutionize the material science.
Designing new materials based on the knowledge of mechanics of their building blocks and microstructure manipulations at nanometer scale have become a reality.
Nanoindentation, as a leading micro-level mechanical testing technique, has attracted wide attention in numerous research fields and applications.
Nowadays, an extensive variety of testing areas ranging from classical thin coatings in machinery engineering, electronics and composites to far fields of civil engineering, biomechanics, implantology or even agriculture can be covered with this universal testing tool.Contents
Testing Methodologies. Principles, Sources of Errors and Uncertainties
First-Principles Quantum Simulations of Nanoindentation
Effect of the Spherical Indenter Tip Assumption on the Initial Plastic Yield Stress
Uncertainties and Errors in NanoindentationNanomechanical Performance of Composite Materials
Nanoindentation Based Analysis of Heterogeneous Structural Materials
Application of Nanoindentation Technique in Martensitic StructuresNanoindentation on Thin Layers and Films
Indentation and Fracture of Hybrid Sol-Gel Silica Films
Nanoindentation as a Tool to Clarify the Mechanism Causing Variable Stiffness of a Silane Layer on Diamond
Mechanical and Tribological Properties of Plasma Deposited a-C:H:Si:0 FilmsCharacterization of Microdevices and Integrated Circuits
Characterization of Microdevices by Nanoindentation
Mechanical Characterization of Black Diamond (Low-k) Structures for 3D Integrated Circuit and Packaging ApplicationsNanoindentation on Biological Materials
Nanoindentation of Human Trabecular Bone - Tissue Mechanical Properties Compared to Standard Engineering Test MethodsDesign of New Nanoindentation Devices
Design, Analysis and Experiments of a Novel in situ SEM Indentation Device
