Microcompression of brittle and anisotropic crystals: recent advances and current challenges in studying plasticity in hard materials

In situ thermomechanical testing methods for micro/nano-scale materials

(2017) Wonmo Kang et al.   Nanoscale

The plasticity of indium antimonide: Insights from variable temperature, strain rate jump micro-compression testing

(2016) J.M. Wheeler et al.   ACTA MATERIALIA

A direct comparison of high temperature nanoindentation creep and uniaxial creep measurements for commercial purity aluminum

(2016) P. Sudharshan Phani et al.   ACTA MATERIALIA

Effect of strain-rate on the deformation response of D0 3 -ordered Fe 3 Al

(2016) D. Janda et al.   ACTA MATERIALIA

Crystal orientation dependence of the stress-induced martensitic transformation in zirconia-based shape memory ceramics

(2016) Xiao Mei Zeng et al.   ACTA MATERIALIA

Plasticity in ZrB 2 micropillars induced by anomalous slip activation

(2016) Tamás Csanádi et al.   JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN CERAMIC SOCIETY

Micropillar compression deformation of single crystals of Co 3 (Al,W) with the L1 2 structure

(2016) Zhenghao M.T. Chen et al.   SCRIPTA MATERIALIA

Sample size induced brittle-to-ductile transition of single-crystal aluminum nitride

(2015) J.J. Guo et al.   ACTA MATERIALIA

The influence of stacking fault energy on the microstructural and strain-hardening evolution of Fe–Mn–Al–Si steels during tensile deformation

(2015) D.T. Pierce et al.   ACTA MATERIALIA

High temperature nanoindentation: The state of the art and future challenges

(2015) J.M. Wheeler et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN SOLID STATE & MATERIALS SCIENCE

Dynamic nanoindentation testing for studying thermally activated processes from single to nanocrystalline metals

(2015) Karsten Durst et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN SOLID STATE & MATERIALS SCIENCE

Mechanical properties of intermetallic inclusions in Al 7075 alloys by micropillar compression

(2015) Sudhanshu S. Singh et al.   INTERMETALLICS

Nanoindentation studies of the mechanical properties of the μ phase in a creep deformed Re containing nickel-based superalloy

(2015) Hamad ur Rehman et al.   MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING A-STRUCTURAL MATERIALS PROPERTIES MICROSTRUCTURE AND PROCESSING

Rapid theory-guided prototyping of ductile Mg alloys: from binary to multi-component materials

(2015) Zongrui Pei et al.   NEW JOURNAL OF PHYSICS

Dislocation modelling in Ti2AlN MAX phase based on the Peierls–Nabarro model

(2015) Karine Gouriet et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL MAGAZINE

Deformation characteristics of WC micropillars

(2014) Tamás Csanádi et al.   JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN CERAMIC SOCIETY

Core Structure and Motion of Metadislocations in the Orthorhombic Structurally Complex Alloy Al13Co4

(2014) Marc Heggen et al.   Materials Research Letters

Anomalous yielding in the complex metallic alloy Al13Co4

(2013) C. Walter et al.   ACTA MATERIALIA

Micropillar compression deformation of single crystals of the intermetallic compound ζ-FeZn13

(2013) Norihiko L. Okamoto et al.   ACTA MATERIALIA

Deformation response of ferrite and martensite in a dual-phase steel

(2013) H. Ghassemi-Armaki et al.   ACTA MATERIALIA

Size-dependent plasticity in an Nb25Mo25Ta25W25 refractory high-entropy alloy

(2013) Yu Zou et al.   ACTA MATERIALIA

An improved long-term nanoindentation creep testing approach for studying the local deformation processes in nanocrystalline metals at room and elevated temperatures

(2013) Verena Maier et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS RESEARCH

Activation parameters for deformation of ultrafine-grained aluminium as determined by indentation strain rate jumps at elevated temperature

(2013) J.M. Wheeler et al.   MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING A-STRUCTURAL MATERIALS PROPERTIES MICROSTRUCTURE AND PROCESSING

Influence of test temperature on the size effect in molybdenum small-scale compression pillars

(2013) A.S. Schneider et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL MAGAZINE LETTERS

Invited Article: Indenter materials for high temperature nanoindentation

(2013) J. M. Wheeler et al.   REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS

{110} Slip with {112} slip traces in bcc Tungsten

(2013) Cecile Marichal et al.   Scientific Reports

Atomistically informed crystal plasticity model for body-centered cubic iron

(2012) Aenne Koester et al.   ACTA MATERIALIA

Studying Plasticity in Hard and Soft Nb-Co Intermetallics

(2012) Sandra Korte et al.   ADVANCED ENGINEERING MATERIALS

Micropillar compression of LiF [111] single crystals: Effect of size, ion irradiation and misorientation

(2012) R. Soler et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PLASTICITY

Extraction of plasticity parameters of GaN with high temperature, in situ micro-compression

(2012) J.M. Wheeler et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PLASTICITY

Modelling the rheology of MgO under Earth’s mantle pressure, temperature and strain rates

(2012) Patrick Cordier et al.   NATURE

Plastic deformation of the C14 Laves phase (Fe,Ni)2Nb

(2012) N. Takata et al.   SCRIPTA MATERIALIA

Micropillar Testing of Amorphous Silica

(2012) Rémi Lacroix et al.   International Journal of Applied Glass Science

Three-dimensional electron backscattered diffraction analysis of deformation in MgO micropillars

(2011) S. Korte et al.   ACTA MATERIALIA

Elastic and Mechanical Properties of the MAX Phases

(2011) Michel W. Barsoum et al.   Annual Review of Materials Research

Deformation of silicon – Insights from microcompression testing at 25–500°C

(2011) S. Korte et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PLASTICITY

Instrumented nanoindentation investigation into the mechanical behavior of ceramics at moderately elevated temperatures

(2011) Vineet Bhakhri et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS RESEARCH

In-situ tensile testing of single-crystal molybdenum-alloy fibers with various dislocation densities in a scanning electron microscope

(2011) Kurt E. Johanns et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS RESEARCH

Nanoindentation strain-rate jump tests for determining the local strain-rate sensitivity in nanocrystalline Ni and ultrafine-grained Al

(2011) Verena Maier et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS RESEARCH

Fracture modes in micropillar compression of brittle crystals

(2011) Philip R. Howie et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS RESEARCH

High temperature microcompression and nanoindentation in vacuum

(2011) Sandra Korte et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS RESEARCH

Source Truncation and Exhaustion: Insights from Quantitative in situ TEM Tensile Testing

(2011) D. Kiener et al.   NANO LETTERS

Plasticity in small-sized metallic systems: Intrinsic versus extrinsic size effect

(2011) Julia R. Greer et al.   PROGRESS IN MATERIALS SCIENCE

Strength Effects in Micropillars of a Dispersion Strengthened Superalloy

(2010) Baptiste Girault et al.   ADVANCED ENGINEERING MATERIALS

Plasticity in Confined Dimensions

(2010) Oliver Kraft et al.   Annual Review of Materials Research

Numerical simulation of γ/γ′ microstructural evolutions induced by TCP-phase in the MC2 nickel base single crystal superalloy

(2010) J.-B. le Graverend et al.   MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING A-STRUCTURAL MATERIALS PROPERTIES MICROSTRUCTURE AND PROCESSING

High resolution measurement of dynamic (nano) indentation impact energy: a step towards the determination of indentation fracture resistance

(2010) Nigel M. Jennett et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL MAGAZINE

Ductile–brittle transition in micropillar compression of GaAs at room temperature

(2010) Fredrik Östlund et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL MAGAZINE

Discussion of the dependence of the effect of size on the yield stress in hard materials studied by microcompression of MgO

(2010) S. Korte et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL MAGAZINE

Mechanical properties of Cu6Sn5 intermetallic by micropillar compression testing

(2010) L. Jiang et al.   SCRIPTA MATERIALIA

A combined experimental and simulation study to examine lateral constraint effects on microcompression of single-slip oriented single crystals

(2009) P.A. Shade et al.   ACTA MATERIALIA

Onset of plasticity in InxGa1−xAs multilayers

(2009) S. Korte et al.   ACTA MATERIALIA

Brittle-to-Ductile Transition in Uniaxial Compression of Silicon Pillars at Room Temperature

(2009) Fredrik Östlund et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Plasticity of Micrometer-Scale Single Crystals in Compression

(2009) Michael D. Uchic et al.   Annual Review of Materials Research

Homogeneous deformation of Au-based metallic glass micropillars in compression at elevated temperatures

(2009) S. X. Song et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Atomistic modelling of materials with bond-order potentials

(2009) Thomas Hammerschmidt et al.   International Journal of Materials Research

Overview on established and novel FIB based miniaturized mechanical testing using in-situ SEM

(2009) Daniel Kiener et al.   International Journal of Materials Research

Micro-compression testing of fcc metals: A selected overview of experiments and simulations

(2009) Michael D. Uchic et al.   JOM

A proposal for an unusually stiff and moderately ductile hard coating material: Mo2BC

(2009) J Emmerlich et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICS D-APPLIED PHYSICS

Micro-compression testing: A critical discussion of experimental constraints

(2009) D. Kiener et al.   MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING A-STRUCTURAL MATERIALS PROPERTIES MICROSTRUCTURE AND PROCESSING

Micropillar compression of ceramics at elevated temperatures

(2009) S. Korte et al.   SCRIPTA MATERIALIA

Effects of focused ion beam milling on the compressive behavior of directionally solidified micropillars and the nanoindentation response of an electropolished surface

(2008) S. Shim et al.   ACTA MATERIALIA

Temperature and Strain-Rate Dependence of Surface Dislocation Nucleation

(2008) Ting Zhu et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

On the importance of sample compliance in uniaxial microtesting

(2008) D KIENER et al.   SCRIPTA MATERIALIA