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Indentation size effects in crystalline materials: A law for stra... 1986 2026 1999 2012 3.5k
  1. Indentation size effects in crystalline materials: A law for strain gradient plasticity (1998)
    William D. Nix, Huajian Gao Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids
  2. A method for interpreting the data from depth-sensing indentation instruments (1986)
    M. Doerner, William D. Nix Journal of materials research/Pratt's guide to venture capital sources
  3. Mechanical properties of thin films (1989)
    William D. Nix Metallurgical Transactions A
  4. Sample Dimensions Influence Strength and Crystal Plasticity (2004)
    Michael D. Uchic, Dennis M. Dimiduk et al. Science
  5. Mechanism-based strain gradient plasticity— I. Theory (1999)
    Huajian Gao, Y. Huang et al. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids
  6. What is the Young's Modulus of Silicon? (2010)
    Matthew A. Hopcroft, William D. Nix et al. Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems
  7. 25th Anniversary Article: Understanding the Lithiation of Silicon and Other Alloying Anodes for Lithium‐Ion Batteries (2013)
    Matthew T. McDowell, Seok Woo Lee et al. Advanced Materials
  8. Interconnected Silicon Hollow Nanospheres for Lithium-Ion Battery Anodes with Long Cycle Life (2011)
    Yan Yao, Matthew T. McDowell et al. Nano Letters
  9. Effects of the substrate on the determination of thin film mechanical properties by nanoindentation (2002)
    Ranjana Saha, William D. Nix Acta Materialia
  10. Size dependence of mechanical properties of gold at the micron scale in the absence of strain gradients (2005)
    Julia R. Greer, W. C. Oliver et al. Acta Materialia
  11. Nanoscale gold pillars strengthened through dislocation starvation (2006)
    Julia R. Greer, William D. Nix Physical Review B
  12. In Situ TEM of Two-Phase Lithiation of Amorphous Silicon Nanospheres (2013)
    Matthew T. McDowell, Seok Woo Lee et al. Nano Letters
  13. Determination of indenter tip geometry and indentation contact area for depth-sensing indentation experiments (1998)
    Joost J. Vlassak, William D. Nix et al. Journal of materials research/Pratt's guide to venture capital sources
  14. Studying the Kinetics of Crystalline Silicon Nanoparticle Lithiation with In Situ Transmission Electron Microscopy (2012)
    Matthew T. McDowell, Seok Woo Lee et al. Advanced Materials
  15. Crystallite coalescence: A mechanism for intrinsic tensile stresses in thin films (1999)
    William D. Nix, B Clemens Journal of materials research/Pratt's guide to venture capital sources
  16. A new bulge test technique for the determination of Young's modulus and Poisson's ratio of thin films (1992)
    Joost J. Vlassak, William D. Nix Journal of materials research/Pratt's guide to venture capital sources
  17. Stresses and deformation processes in thin films on substrates (1988)
    M. Doerner, William D. Nix Critical reviews in solid state and materials sciences
  18. Measurement and Interpretation of stress in aluminum-based metallization as a function of thermal history (1987)
    P. A. Flinn, Donald S. Gardner et al. IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices
  19. Measuring the elastic properties of anisotropic materials by means of indentation experiments (1994)
    Joost J. Vlassak, William D. Nix Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids
  20. Analysis of elastic and plastic deformation associated with indentation testing of thin films on substrates (1988)
    A. Bhattacharya, William D. Nix International Journal of Solids and Structures

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