1. Introduction

   • Dongil Kwon
   • M. Munawar Chaudhri
   • Oliver Kraft

   OriginalPaper 01 January 2012 Pages: 1 - 1

2. Indentation creep revisited

   • In-Chul Choi
   • Byung-Gil Yoo
   • Jae-il Jang

   OriginalPaper 01 January 2012 Pages: 3 - 11

   

3. Original in situ observations of creep during indentation and recovery of the residual imprint on amorphous polymer

   • Thibaud Chatel
   • Hervé Pelletier
   • Robert Schirrer

   OriginalPaper 01 January 2012 Pages: 12 - 19

   

4. Characterization of homogenous and plastically graded materials with spherical indentation and inverse analysis

   • Charbel Moussa
   • Olivier Bartier
   • Guillaume Delattre

   OriginalPaper 01 January 2012 Pages: 20 - 27

   

5. Introduction of the real tip defect of Berkovich indenter to reproduce with FEM nanoindentation test at shallow penetration depth

   • Joël Krier
   • Jacques Breuils
   • Herve Pelletier

   OriginalPaper 01 January 2012 Pages: 28 - 38

   

6. Relationship between yield point phenomena and the nanoindentation pop-in behavior of steel

   • Tae-Hong Ahn
   • Chang-Seok Oh
   • Heung Nam Han

   OriginalPaper 01 January 2012 Pages: 39 - 44

   

7. Assessment of elastic anisotropy and incipient plasticity in Fe₃C by nanoindentation

   • Jon Alkorta
   • Javier Gil Sevillano

   OriginalPaper 01 January 2012 Pages: 45 - 52

   

8. Microscale deformation of (001) and (100) rutile single crystals under spherical nanoindentation

   • Sandip Basu
   • Omar A. Elshrief
   • Michel W. Barsoum

   OriginalPaper 01 January 2012 Pages: 53 - 63

   

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

   • Vineet Bhakhri
   • Jianye Wang
   • Luc J. Vandeperre

   OriginalPaper 01 January 2012 Pages: 65 - 75

   

10. Influence of sample thickness and experimental device configuration on the spherical indentation of AISI 1095 steel

    • Philippe Brammer
    • Gérard Mauvoisin
    • Simon-Serge Sablin

    OriginalPaper 01 January 2012 Pages: 76 - 84

    

11. Nanoindentation investigation of ion-irradiated Fe–Cr alloys using spherical indenters

    • Andrew J. Bushby
    • Steve G. Roberts
    • Christopher D. Hardie

    OriginalPaper 01 January 2012 Pages: 85 - 90

    

12. Application of spherical nanoindentation to determine the pressure of cavitation impacts from pitting tests

    • Davide Carnelli
    • Ayat Karimi
    • Jean-Pierre Franc

    OriginalPaper 01 January 2012 Pages: 91 - 99

    

13. Predation versus protection: Fish teeth and scales evaluated by nanoindentation

    • Po-Yu Chen
    • Jeffrey Schirer
    • Marc A. Meyers

    OriginalPaper 01 January 2012 Pages: 100 - 112

    

14. Extended JKR theory on adhesive contact of a spherical tip onto a film on a substrate

    • Seung Tae Choi

    OriginalPaper 01 January 2012 Pages: 113 - 120

    

15. Evaluation of nonequibiaxial residual stress using Knoop indenter

    • Min-Jae Choi
    • Seung-Kyun Kang
    • Dongil Kwon

    OriginalPaper 01 January 2012 Pages: 121 - 125

    

16. Implications of the idea of effective tip shape on nanoindentation unloading curves: AFM measurements and FE simulation

    • Karim R. Gadelrab
    • Matteo Chiesa
    • Flavio A. Bonilla

    OriginalPaper 01 January 2012 Pages: 126 - 131

    

17. An expanding cavity model incorporating pile-up and sink-in effects

    • Xavier Hernot
    • Olivier Bartier

    OriginalPaper 01 January 2012 Pages: 132 - 140

    

18. Fracture modes in micropillar compression of brittle crystals

    • Philip R. Howie
    • Sandra Korte
    • William J. Clegg

    OriginalPaper 01 January 2012 Pages: 141 - 151

    

19. Indentation: A simple, nondestructive method for characterizing the mechanical and transport properties of pH-sensitive hydrogels

    • Yuhang Hu
    • Jin-Oh You
    • Joost J. Vlassak

    OriginalPaper 01 January 2012 Pages: 152 - 160

    

20. Insights on uniaxial compression of WS₂ inorganic fullerenes: A finite element study

    • Estelle Kalfon-Cohen
    • David Barlam
    • Sidney R. Cohen

    OriginalPaper 01 January 2012 Pages: 161 - 166

    

21. High temperature microcompression and nanoindentation in vacuum

    • Sandra Korte
    • Robert J. Stearn
    • William J. Clegg

    OriginalPaper 01 January 2012 Pages: 167 - 176

    

22. Stored elastic energy influence on the elastic–plastic transition of GaAs structures

    • Eric Le Bourhis
    • Ludovic Largeau
    • Gilles Patriarche

    OriginalPaper 01 January 2012 Pages: 177 - 181

    

23. Effective Poisson’s ratio from combined normal and lateral contacts of single crystals

    • J.H. Lee
    • Y.F. Gao
    • G.M. Pharr

    OriginalPaper 01 January 2012 Pages: 182 - 191

    

24. Measurements of mechanical properties of α-phase in Cu–Sn alloys by using instrumented nanoindentation

    • Yang Li
    • Kang He
    • Chunxu Pan

    OriginalPaper 01 January 2012 Pages: 192 - 196

    

25. Nonlinear indentation of fibers

    • Quinn P. McAllister
    • John W. Gillespie Jr.
    • Mark R. VanLandingham

    OriginalPaper 01 January 2012 Pages: 197 - 213

    

26. Experimental determination of the effective indenter shape and ε-factor for nanoindentation by continuously measuring the unloading stiffness

    • Benoit Merle
    • Verena Maier
    • Karsten Durst

    OriginalPaper 01 January 2012 Pages: 214 - 221

    

27. Chemomechanical effects of long-chain alcohols during nanoindentation

    • Bedabibhas Mohanty
    • Adrian B. Mann

    OriginalPaper 01 January 2012 Pages: 222 - 228

    

28. Analysis of nanoindentation of soft materials with an atomic force microscope

    • Jacob Notbohm
    • Benny Poon
    • Guruswami Ravichandran

    OriginalPaper 01 January 2012 Pages: 229 - 237

    

29. A contribution to understanding of low-load spherical indentation—Comparison of tests on polymers and fused silica

    • Jiří Nohava
    • Jaroslav Menčík

    OriginalPaper 01 January 2012 Pages: 239 - 244

    

30. Size effects in indentation of hydrated biological tissues

    • Michelle L. Oyen
    • Tamaryn A.V. Shean
    • Matteo Galli

    OriginalPaper 01 January 2012 Pages: 245 - 255

    

31. Contact-area-based FEA study on conical indentation problems for elastoplastic and viscoelastic-plastic bodies

    • Mototsugu Sakai
    • Shun Kawaguchi
    • Norio Hakiri

    OriginalPaper 01 January 2012 Pages: 256 - 265

    

32. Mechanical assessment of ultrafine-grained nickel by microcompression experiment and finite element simulation

    • Ruth Schwaiger
    • Matthias Weber
    • Oliver Kraft

    OriginalPaper 01 January 2012 Pages: 266 - 277

    

33. Scratch resistance of Al/SiC metal/ceramic nanolaminates

    • Danny R.P. Singh
    • Nikhilesh Chawla

    OriginalPaper 01 January 2012 Pages: 278 - 283

    

34. Rotation field in wedge indentation of metals

    • Narayan Sundaram
    • Yang Guo
    • Srinivasan Chandrasekar

    OriginalPaper 01 January 2012 Pages: 284 - 293

    

35. Use of an atomic force microscope for the metrological verification of the reference standards of instrumented indentation tests

    • Satoshi Takagi

    OriginalPaper 01 January 2012 Pages: 294 - 301

    

36. Quantifying plasticity-independent creep compliance and relaxation of viscoelastoplastic materials under contact loading

    • Matthieu Vandamme
    • Catherine A. Tweedie
    • Krystyn J. Van Vliet

    OriginalPaper 01 January 2012 Pages: 302 - 312

    

37. Effects of mechanical properties on the contact profile in Berkovich nanoindentation of elastoplastic materials

    • Jiangting Wang
    • Peter D. Hodgson
    • Chunhui Yang

    OriginalPaper 01 January 2012 Pages: 313 - 319

    

38. Analysis of onset of dislocation nucleation during nanoindentation and nanoscratching of InP

    • Kilian Wasmer
    • Rémy Gassilloud
    • Christophe Ballif

    OriginalPaper 01 January 2012 Pages: 320 - 329

    

39. A finite element study on the hardness of carbon nanotubes-doped diamond-like carbon film

    • Chehung Wei
    • Jui-Feng Yang

    OriginalPaper 01 January 2012 Pages: 330 - 338

    

40. Elastic anisotropy of Cu and its impact on stress management for 3D IC: Nanoindentation and TCAD simulation study

    • Kong Boon Yeap
    • Ehrenfried Zschech
    • Iuliana Panchenko

    OriginalPaper 01 January 2012 Pages: 339 - 348

    

41. Understanding the effect of impurities and grain boundaries on mechanical behavior of Si via nanoindentation of (110)/(100) direct Si bonded wafers

    • Khaled Youssef
    • Xuegong Yu
    • George Rozgonyi

    OriginalPaper 01 January 2012 Pages: 349 - 355

    

42. Orientation informed nanoindentation of α-titanium: Indentation pileup in hexagonal metals deforming by prismatic slip

    • Claudio Zambaldi
    • Yiyi Yang
    • Dierk Raabe

    OriginalPaper 01 January 2012 Pages: 356 - 367

    

43. Indentation experiments and simulation of ovine bone using a viscoelastic-plastic damage model

    • Yang Zhao
    • Ziheng Wu
    • Timothy C. Ovaert

    OriginalPaper 01 January 2012 Pages: 368 - 377

    

44. Use of spherical indentation technique for measurement of property variations of γTiAl

    • Alfred Cornec
    • Mohammad Rizviul Kabir
    • Norbert Huber

    OriginalPaper 01 January 2012 Pages: 378 - 388