DAO, Ming
Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Cambridge - USA
mingdao@mit.edu

LIM, Chwee Teck
National University of Singapore - Faculty of Engineering
Division of Bioengineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Nanoscience & Nanotechnology Initiative
Singapore
mpelimct@nus.edu.sg
ctlim@nus.edu.sg

SURESH, Subra
MIT - Materials Science & Engineering
Cambridge - USA

Abstract
In the past decade, there has been growing interest in using the nanoindentation technique to investigate the mechanical behavior and failure mechanisms of both engineering and biological materials. With progress in technology, it is now possible to monitor with high precision indentation load and displacement in the nanoNewton and nanometer scales, respectively. The high spatial resolution and accurate positioning also add to the popularity of the nanoindentation method; indentation systems frequently offer the possibility to image the sample surface prior to testing, to choose the position of the indentation with high lateral accuracy, and also to image the residual imprint thereafter. These capabilities enable novel research explorations in nanostructural materials, thin-film materials, hard and soft biological tissues, living cells, biomembranes, etc. Of particular interest are studies that aim at investigating engineering material behavior from the atomistic-to-nanometer or nanometer-to-submicron scales, as well as novel use of nanoindentation technique on biological materials and systems.

Topics of interest include but not limited to:
Nanoindentation of nanostructured materials
Discrete plasticity under nanoindentation
Fundamental studies indentation contact mechanics
Tribology and wear mechanisms
Cyclic indentation
Indentation creep
Indentation fracture mechanics
Residual stress evaluation using nanoindentation
Soft & hard tissue mechanics
Cell & molecular mechanics
Scanning force microscopy
Biomembranes
Hybrid Materials
Nanostructured biomaterials
Biological & bio-inspired materials& devices