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Indentation Size Effect

Indentation Size Effect is a phenomenon in materials science whereby the measured hardness of a material increases with decreasing indentation depth, reflecting the influence of plastic deformation gradients at micrometer and sub-micrometer scales.

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Indentation size effects in crystalline materials: A law for strain gradient plasticity

William D. Nix, Huajian Gao · Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids · 1998 · 4.3K citations · Full text

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Hardness measurement at penetration depths as small as 20 nm

J. B. Pethicai, R. Hutchings, W. C. Oliver · Philosophical magazine. A/Philosophical magazine. A. Physics of condensed matter. Structure, defects and mechanical properties · 1983 · 924 citations

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The correlation of the indentation size effect measured with indenters of various shapes

J.G. Swadener, E.P. George, George M. Pharr · Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids · 2002 · 776 citations

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The Indentation Size Effect: A Critical Examination of Experimental Observations and Mechanistic Interpretations

George M. Pharr, Erik G. Herbert, Yanfei Gao · Annual Review of Materials Research · 2010 · 721 citations

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Influences of stress on the measurement of mechanical properties using nanoindentation: Part I. Experimental studies in an aluminum alloy

Ting Y. Tsui, W. C. Oliver, George M. Pharr · Journal of materials research/Pratt's guide to venture capital sources · 1996 · 596 citations

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    Karsten Durst

    Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany

    12 publications · 1.5K citations

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    K. Sangwal

    Lublin University of Technology, Poland

    11 publications · 1.1K citations

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    George M. Pharr

    Oak Ridge National Laboratory, United States

    10 publications · 2.8K citations

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    George Z. Voyiadjis

    Louisiana State University, United States

    9 publications · 525 citations

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    Chung‐Souk Han

    University of Wyoming, United States

    9 publications · 433 citations

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  1. Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    12 h-index

    35 publications

    906 citations

  2. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    12 h-index

    17 publications

    2.6K citations

  3. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    11 h-index

    35 publications

    1.3K citations

  4. Oak Ridge National Laboratory

    Oak Ridge, United States

    10 h-index

    18 publications

    5.8K citations

  5. Tsinghua University

    Beijing, China

    10 h-index

    21 publications

    3.5K citations

  6. Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg

    Erlangen, Germany

    9 h-index

    30 publications

    4.3K citations

  7. Louisiana State University

    Baton Rouge, United States

    9 h-index

    19 publications

    993 citations

  8. Lublin University of Technology

    Lublin, Poland

    9 h-index

    17 publications

    1.4K citations

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  1. Acta Materialia

    23 publications · 2.8K citations

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  2. Materials Science and Engineering A

    24 publications · 1.2K citations

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  3. Journal of the American Ceramic Society

    16 publications · 732 citations

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  5. Scripta Materialia

    16 publications · 1.5K citations

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