Relations between Structure, Micro- and Nanomechanical Properties of Materials
A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944). This special issue belongs to the section "Mechanics of Materials".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 December 2022) | Viewed by 12324
Special Issue Editors
Interests: polymer morphology; electron microscopy; micromechanical properties; UHMWPE for total joint replacements; biocompatible and/or biodegradable polymers
Interests: PVD deposition technologies for hard coatings; nanoindentation and tribology of PVD coatings; relationship microstructure- mechanical properties of bulk ceramic materials and coatings; fractography of brittle materials high temperature mechanical properties of bulk ceramics; creep of silicon nitride and other structural ceramics properties and structure of the oxynitride glasses; corrosion of glasses for the devitrification of nuclear waste electron microscopy of ceramic materials; atomic force microscopy; development of the methods for testing mechanical properties of brittle materials
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The Special Issue on “Relations between structure, micro- and nanomechanical properties of materials” should bring together scientists working at universities, research institutes, and industry to summarize, describe and discuss state-of-the-art research in the field of micro- and nanomechanical characterization of materials.
In the current research, all types of materials starting from metals and alloys, through ceramics and rocks, to polymers and soft materials are characterized in multiple length scales. Nevertheless, the correlations among structure, macroscopic mechanical properties, and local mechanical properties measured in micro- or nanoscale are still not fully elucidated. The dominating methods for characterization of local mechanical properties are microindentation and nanoindentation, but other methods such as scanning probe microscopy or micro-tensile testing are employed as well. Recent development in the field enabled to characterize very soft materials (such as polymers or hydrogels) or perform fast and precise local properties mapping with micrometer resolution.
This Special Issue accepts both research articles and reviews discussing all aspects of relations between structure and mechanical properties of materials that are measured in micro- or nanoscale. Contributions discussing relations between macroscale properties and local properties are welcome as well.
Prof. Dr. Miroslav Slouf
Prof. Dr. František Lofaj
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- micromechanical properties
- nanomechanical properties
- microindentation
- nanoindentation
- local mechanical properties
- structure-properties relations
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