Advanced Nanoindentation Techniques
A special issue of Micromachines (ISSN 2072-666X). This special issue belongs to the section "E：Engineering and Technology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 1 March 2026 | Viewed by 63
Special Issue Editors
Interests: nanoindentation; micro-/nano-mechanics; mechanical properties and characterization; deformation and failure of advanced thin films/coatings; mechanical testing in composite machining; in situ mechanical testing
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Recent advancements in nanoindentation techniques have significantly enhanced the academic community’s ability to probe the mechanical properties of materials at the micro- and nanoscales, offering unprecedented insights into their deformation mechanisms, interfacial adhesion, fracture behaviors, and the material removal mechanisms during machining and forming processes. From the perspective of advanced material testing and characterization, advanced nanoindentation techniques have enabled multimodal property mapping with high spatial and temporal resolution. Coupled with machine learning-assisted data analysis, these techniques provide deeper mechanistic understanding of size effects, phase transformations, and viscoelastic–plastic responses in complex material systems (e.g., multifunctional composites, nanofilms). This Special Issue of Micromachines, entitled “Advanced Nanoindentation Techniques”, will provide a forum for researchers using advanced nanoindentation techniques in characterizing advanced materials, novel developments (e.g., modeling methods, instruments) in nanoindentation techniques, and potential applications in intelligent manufacturing or precision machining fields. Advanced nanoindentation techniques of interest include environmentally controlled nanoindentation, in situ nanoindentation, novel indentation modeling methods (e.g., machine learning-assisted calculation), high-speed nanoindentation mapping, rate-dependent nanoindentation, and applications in advanced manufacturing. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following areas:
- Mechanical properties of advanced materials;
- Environmentally controlled nanoindentation;
- In-situ nanoindentation;
- Novel indentation modelling methods;
- High-speed nanoindentation mapping;
- Rate-dependent nanoindentation;
- Applications in advanced manufacturing.
Dr. Zhaoxin Wang
Dr. Shunbo Wang
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- mechanical properties of advanced materials
- environmentally controlled nanoindentation
- in situ nanoindentation
- novel indentation modelling methods
- high-speed nanoindentation mapping
- rate-dependent nanoindentation
- applications in advanced manufacturing
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