... ] described a testing platform for in situ nanomechanical characterization during uniaxial tension and compression, nano-indentation, and bending loading conditions. A unique aspect of their design was the use of a parallel-plate capacitor system for both displacement actuation and sensing, as well...

... September 23, 2017; final manuscript received October 3, 2017; published online November 2, 2017. Editor: Harry Dankowicz. 23 09 2017 03 10 2017 Adhesion Elasticity Experimental mechanics Mechanical interfaces Nanomechanics One of the basic laws of friction dictate “force...

... interfaces Nanomechanics From a continuum mechanics perspective, the definition of “contact” is a location at which the distance between two bodies is exactly zero. From an atomic perspective, the notion of contact is ambiguous; atoms exert forces on other atoms, which depend on their separation...

... December 11, 2016; published online January 12, 2017. Assoc. Editor: Xiaodong Li. 24 06 2016 11 12 2016 Experimental mechanics Mechanical devices Mechanical properties of materials Nanomaterials Nanomechanics With the advance of nanotechnology, a plethora of nanostructures...

... author. Manuscript received July 24, 2015; final manuscript received December 7, 2015; published online January 6, 2016. Assoc. Editor: Rui Huang. 24 07 2015 07 12 2015 Constitutive modeling Continuum Mechanics Micromechanics multi-scale modeling Nanomechanics Materials...