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Temperature-dependent nanoindentation response of materials

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It is of the uttermost interest to understand the mechanical performance and deformation mechanisms contributing to small-scale plasticity of materials in micro/nanoelectromechanical systems at their service temperatures, which are usually above room temperature. In recent years, high-temperature nanoindentation experiments have emerged as a reliable approach to characterize the deformation behavior of materials at the nano and submicron scale. In this review, we highlight the role of the temperature in nanoindentation response of a wide variety of materials, with a particular focus on the thermally-activated deformation mechanisms in crystalline and non-crystalline materials under the indenter, e.g., dislocation processes, shear transformation zone, and phase transformations. A brief survey of the temperature-dependent nanoindentation elastic modulus, hardness, and creep behavior of materials is also provided. We also discuss experimental methods for correctly measuring the mechanical properties of materials at high temperatures.

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SZC would like to express his sincere gratitude for the financial support from the BIAM-Imperial Centre for Materials Characterization, Processing, and Modeling at Imperial College London. The work of SX was supported in part by the Elings Prize Fellowship in Science offered by the California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI) on the UC Santa Barbara campus.

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Chavoshi, S.Z., Xu, S. Temperature-dependent nanoindentation response of materials. MRS Communications 8, 15–28 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1557/mrc.2018.19

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  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1557/mrc.2018.19

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