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PI Series PicoIndenter® Paper Links

Below is a list of links to publisher sites for academic papers related to Hysitron's PI Series PicoIndenters.
*The papers are listed by their journal, primary author, and institution and are organized alphabetically by their primary author's last name

PI 85 SEM PicoIndenter® Papers:

Direct Correlations Between Fracture Toughness and Grain Boundary Segregation Behavior in Ytterbium-Doped Magnesium Aluminate Spinel
Scripta Materialia
By: W. Cao
Lehigh University

Micropillar Compression Studies on a Bulk Metallic Glass in Different Structural States
Scripta Materialia
By: A. Dubach
ETH Zurich and EMPA Materials Science and Technology

In Situ SEM Indentation Experiments: Instruments, Methodology, and Applications
Microscopy Research and Technique
By: Rudy Ghisleni
EMPA - Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Testing and Research

In Situ Nanomechanical Testing in Focused Ion Beam and Scanning Electron Microscopes
Review of Scientific Instruments
By: D.S. Gianola
University of Pennsylvania and Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

In-Situ Tensile Testing of Single-Crystal Molybdenum-Alloy Fibers with Various Dislocation Densities in a Scanning Electron Microscope
Journal of Materials Research
By: Kurt E. Johanns
University of Tennessee

Grain-Scale Adhesion Strength Mapping of Copper Wiring Structures in Integrated Circuits
Surface and Coatings Technology
By: Shoji Kamiya
Nagoya Institute of Technology, CREST

Quantitative Stress/Strain Mapping During Micropillar Compression
Philosophical Magazine
By: X. Maeder
Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology

Source-Based Strengthening of Sub-Micrometer Al Fibers
Acta Materialia 
By: Frédéric Mompiou
CEMES – Centre d’Elaboration des Matériaux et d’Etudes Structurales

Compression of Freestanding Gold Nanostructures: From Stochastic Yield to Predictable Flow
Nanotechnology
By: W.M. Mook
Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Testing and Research

In Situ Electron Backscatter Diffraction (EBSD) During the Compression of Micropillars
Material Science and Engineering A
By: C. Niederberger
Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Testing and Research

In Situ Nanoindentation: Probing Nanoscale Multifunctionality
Progress in Materials Science
By: Hussein Nili
RMIT University

In-Situ Nanoindentation in the SEM
Materials Today
By: Julia D. Nowak
Hysitron, Inc.

Ultrahigh Strength Single Crystalline Nanowhiskers Grown by Physical Vapor Deposition
Nano Letters
By: Gunther Richter
Max-Planck-Institut für Metallforschung

In Situ Mechanical Observations During Nanoindentation Inside a High-Resolution Scanning Electron Microscope
Journal of Materials Research
By: K.A. Rzepiejewska-Malyska
Swiss Federal Laboratories for Material Testing and Research - EMPA

In Situ Scanning Electron Microscopy Indentation Studies on Multilayer Nitride Films: Methodology and Deformation Mechanisms
Journal of Materials Research
By: K.A. Rzepiejewska-Malyska
Swiss Federal Laboratories for Material Testing and Research - EMPA

Existence of Two Twinning-Mediated Plastic Deformation Modes in Au Nanowhiskers
Acta Materialia
By: Andreas Sedlmayr
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

PI 95 TEM PicoIndenter® Papers:

Smaller is Tougher
Philosophical Magazine
By: A.R. Beaber
University of Minnesota

Intrinsic Size Effects in the Mechanical Response of Taper-Free Nanopillars of Metallic Glass
Physical Review B
By: Chang Qiang Chen
University of Groningen

A Statistical Physics Consideration About the Strength of Small Size Metallic Glass Pillars
Journal of Physics
By: Changqiang Chen
University of Groningen

In-Situ TEM Investigation of Deformation Behavior of Metallic Glass Pillars
MRS Proceedings
By: Changqiang Chen
University of Groningen

Effects of Size on the Mechanical Response of Metallic Glasses Investigated Through In Situ TEM Bending and Compression Experiments
Acta Materialia
By: C.Q. Chen
University of Groningen

Strength of Submicrometer Diameter Pillars of Metallic Glasses Investigated with In Situ Transmission Electron Microscopy
Philosophical Magazine Letters
By: C.Q. Chen
University of Groningen

Apparently Homogeneous but Intrinsically Intermittent Flow of Taper-Free Metallic Glass Nanopillars
Scripta Materialia
By: C.Q. Chen
University of Groningen and John Hopkins University

Dislocation Starvation and Exhaustion Hardening in Mo Alloy Nanofibers
Acta Materialia
By: C. Chisholm
University of California, Berkeley and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Advances in Transmission Electron Microscopy: In Situ Straining and In Situ Compression Experiments on Metallic Glasses
Microscopy Research and Technique
By: Jeff Th.M. De Hosson
University of Groningen

In Situ TEM Nanoindentation and Dislocation-Grain Boundary Interactions: A Tribute to David Brandon
Journal of Materials Science
By: Jeff T.M. De Hosson
University of Groningen

Mechanics and Dynamics of the Strain-Induced M1-M2 Structural Phase Transition in Individual VO2 Nanowires
Nano Letters
By: Hua Guo
University of California, Berkeley and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Nanomechanical Actuation From Phase Transitions in Individual VO2 Micro-Beams
Applied Physics Letters
By: Hua Guo
University of California, Berkeley and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

A New Regime for Mechanical Annealing and Strong Sample-Size Strengthening in Body Centred Cubic Molybdenum
Nature Communications
By: Ling Huang
Xi'an Jiaotong University

Nanoscale Wear as a Stress-Assisted Chemical Reaction
Nature Nanotechnology
By: Tevis D.B. Jacobs
University of Pennsylvania

Application of Small-Scale Testing for Investigation of Ion-Beam-Irradiated Materials
Journal of Materials Research
By: D. Kiener
University of Leoben and University of California, Berkeley

Source Truncation and Exhaustion: Insights from Quantitative In Situ TEM Tensile Testing
Nano Letters
By: D. Kiener
University of California, Berkeley and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

In Situ Nanocompression Testing of Irradiated Copper
Nature Materials
By: D. Kiener
University of California, Berkeley and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Revealing Deformation Mechanisms with Nanoindentation
JOM
By: D. Kiener
Erich Schmid Institute of Materials Science and Montanuniversität Leoben

Combination of In Situ Straining and ACOM TEM: A Novel Method for Analysis of Plastic Deformation of Nanocrystalline Metals
Ultramicroscopy
By: A. Kobler
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Technische Universit
ät Darmstadt

Intrinsic and Extrinsic Size Effects in the Deformation of Metallic Glass Nanopillars
Acta Materialia 
By: O.V. Kuzmin
University of Groningen

Superglide at an Internal Incommensurate Boundary
Nano Letters
By: Frédéric Lançon
CEA

Achieving the Ideal Strength in Annealed Molybdenum Nanopillars
Acta Materialia
By: M.B. Lowry
University of California, Berkeley and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Tribology in Full View
MRS Bulletin
By: Laurence D. Marks
Northwestern University

A New View of the Onset of Plasticity During the Nanoindentation of Aluminium
Nature Materials
By: Andrew M. Minor
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Small Size Strength Dependence on Dislocation Nucleation
Scripta Materialia
By: J.D. Nowak
Hysitron, Inc

Influence of Bulk Pre-Straining on the Size Effect in Nickel Compression Pillars
Materials Science and Engineering: A
By: A.S. Schneider
INM-Leibniz Institute for New Materials

In Situ TEM Investigation of the Mechanical Behavior of Micronanoscaled Metal Pillars
JOM
By: Zhiwei Shan
Xi'an Jiaotong University

Ultrahigh Stress and Strain in Hierarchically Structured Hollow Nanoparticles
Nature Materials
By: Z.W. Shan
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and Hysitron, Inc.

Plastic Flow and Failure Resistance of Metallic Glass: Insight from In Situ Compression of Nanopillars
Physical Review B
By: Z.W. Shan
Hysitron, Inc. and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Mechanical Annealing and Source-Limited Deformation in Submicrometre-Diameter Ni Crystals
Nature Materials
By: Z.W. Shan
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and Hysitron, Inc.

Quantitative TEM Tensile Testing on 1D Nano-Structural Materials
Physical Sciences
By: Z.W. Shan
Hysitron, Inc.

Incipient Plasticity in Metallic Thin Films
Applied Physics Letters
By: W.A. Soer
University of Groningen

In-Situ Metrology and Testing of Nanotwinned Copper Pillars for Potential Air Gap Applications
Microelectronic Engineering
By: Vinay Sriram
University of California, Los Angeles

Determining the Stress Required for Deformation Twinning in Nanocrystalline and Ultrafine-Grained Copper
JOM
By: Vinay Sriram
University of California, Los Angeles

Strain-Hardening in Submicron Silicon Pillars and Spheres
Acta Materialia
By: Douglas D. Stauffer
Hysitron, Inc.

In Situ Indentation of Nanoporous Gold Thin Films in the Transmission Electron Microscope
Microscopy Research and Technique
By: Ye Sun
University of Kentucky
 

The Mechanical Behavior of Nanoporous Gold Thin Films
JOM
By: Ye Sun
University of Kentucky

Approaching the Ideal Elastic Limit of Metallic Glasses
Nature Communications
By: Lin Tian
Xi'an Jiaotong University

In Situ and Ex Situ Nanomechanical Analysis of Reactive Nanolayer Solder Joints
Advanced Engineering Materials
By: Michael Tong
University of California, Los Angeles

Introducing a Strain-Hardening Capability to Improve the Ductility of Bulk Metallic Glasses via Severe Plastic Deformation
Acta Materialia
By: Y.B. Wang
The University of Sydney

Self-Healing of Fractured GaAs Nanowires
Nano Letters
By: Yanbo Wang
The University of Sydney

Super Deformability and Young's Modulus of GaAs Nanowires
Advanced Materials
By: Yan-Bo Wang
The University of Sydney

In Situ Nanoindentation in the TEM
Materials Today
By: Oden L. Warren
Hysitron, Inc.

The Deformation of Gum Metal Through In Situ Compression of Nanopillars
Acta Materialia
By: E.A. Withey
University of California, Berkeley

Nanomechanical Testing of Gum Metal
Experimental Mechanics
By: E.A. Withey
University of California, Berkeley

Electromechanical Probing of Li/Li2CO3 Core/Shell Particles in a TEM
Journal of the Electrochemical Society
By: Bin Xiang
University of California, Berkeley and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Insight Into the Deformation Mechanisms of α-Fe at the Nanoscale
Scripta Materialia
By: Kelvin Y. Xie
University of Sydney

Direct Observation of the NiTi Martensitic Phase Transformation in Nanoscale Volumes
Acta Materialia
By: Jia Ye
University of California, Berkeley and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Relating Nanoscale Plasticity to Bulk Ductility in Aluminum Alloys
Scripta Materialia
By: J. Ye
Univerisity of California, Berkeley and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

The Effect of Size on the Deformation Twinning Behavior in Hexagonal Close-Packed Ti and Mg
JOM
By: Qian Yu
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and University of California, Berkeley

Strong Crystal Size Effect on Deformation Twinning
Nature
By: Qian Yu
Xi'an Jiaotong University

Source Mechanism of Non-Basal <c+a> Slip in Ti Alloy
Scripta Materialia
By: Qian Yu
Lawrence Berkely National Laboratory and University of California, Berkeley

Large Field-Induced Strains in a Lead-Free Piezoelectric Material
Nature Nanotechnology
By: J.X. Zhang
University of California, Berkeley

Direct Observation of Plastic Deformation in Iron-3% Silicon Single Crystal by In Situ Nanoindentation in Transmission Electron Microscopy
Scripta Materialia
By: Ling Zhang
National Institute for Materials Science

Dislocation Character Transition and Related Mechanical Response in a Body-Centered Cubic Single Crystal
Scripta Materialia
By: Ling Zhang
National Institute for Materials Science

Plastic Deformation of Submicron-Sized Crystals Studied by In-Situ Kikuchi Diffraction and Dislocation Imaging
Materials Characterization
By: Xiaodan Zhang
Technical University of Denmark

Electron-Beam-Assisted Superplastic Shaping of Nanoscale Amorphous Silica
Nature Communications
By: Kun Zheng
Beijing University of Technology

Deformation Twinning Mechanisms From Bimetal Interfaces as Revealed by In Situ Straining in the TEM
Acta Materialia
By: S.J. Zheng
Los Alamos National Laboratory