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High Temperature Nanoindentation and Nanoindentation in Fluids Seminar
A seminar on recent advances in nanotechnology given by Dr Ben Beake of Micro Materials Ltd
Apr 30, 2007:
Recent advances in Nanomechanics:
High Temperature Nanoindentation and Nanoindentation in Fluids
A seminar by:
Dr Ben Beake, Micro Materials Ltd
Room MiRC 102A, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA
May 4th – 10:00 a.m.
Nanoindentation is well established as an excellent characterization tool. However, in most nanoindentation systems measurements are limited to (1) operating at (or very close to) room temperature due to their extreme sensitivity to thermal effects (2) operating quasi-statically (3) operating in air not fluid environment. This limits the range of applications of the technique.
To avoid all these limitations the Micro Materials NanoTest system has been designed to include additional capability, including elevated temperature nanoindentation, fast repetitive nanoindentation, otherwise known as nano-impact, and nanoindentation in fluids. These techniques have been developed by MML, and are used extensively by top research institutes such as Cambridge University, MIT, Oxford University etc.
This presentation will describe these developments (including nanoindentation at up to 750C and strain rates up to 300s-1) and their applications in nanomaterials research, microelectronics, cutting tools, polymers, biomaterials, MEMS, shape memory alloys etc.
To register, please contact bob@icmas.com or call 865-984-8058.
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| Fig 1: Ring cracking in alumina caused by repetitive nano-impact with 25µm spherical probe | Fig 2: The MML NanoTest nanomechanical testing platform | Fig 3: SPM (Nanopositioner/ Piezostage) imaging of scratches on brittle Ti-Si-N nanocomposites |