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    In this article molecular dynamics (MD) simulations have been conducted to investigate the effect of the indenter shape on the nanoindentation behaviours of iron with body centred cubic structure. Two types of indenters (hemispherical indenter and pyramidal indenter) with dimensions of several nanometres have been modelled. The simulation results have shown that the indenter shape significantly influences the nanoindentation behaviours at such small scale. The indentation force increases with indentation depth during loading for the hemispheri-cal indenter, while the indentation force is low in values for the pyramidal indenter. To validate the MD model nanoindentation experiments have been carried out. The calculated indentation hardness of the hemispherical indenter is in reasonable agreement with the experimental value.
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    Abstract The hardness of metal‐organic frameworks (MOFs) is an important mechanical property metric measuring their resistance to the permanent plastic deformation. The hardness of most MOFs measured from nanoindentation experiments usually exhibits the similar unique indentation depth dependence feature, the mechanism of which still remains unclear. In order to explain the effect of the indentation depth on the hardness of MOFs, we conducted nanoindentation simulations on HKUST‐1 by using reactive molecular dynamics simulations. Our simulations reveal that the HKUST‐1 material near the indenter can transform from the parent crystalline phase to a new amorphous phase due to the high pressure generated, while its counterpart far from the indenter remains in the crystalline phase. By considering the crystalline‐amorphous interface in the energy analysis of MOFs, we derived an analytical expression of the hardness at different indentation depths. It is found that the interface effect can greatly increase the hardness of MOFs, as observed in nanoindentation simulations. Moreover, the proposed analytical expression can well explain the indentation depth‐dependent hardness of many MOF crystals measured in nanoindentation experiments. Overall, this work can provide a better understanding of the indentation depth dependence of the hardness of MOFs.
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    Nanoindentation is an effective way of finding mechanical properties at nanoscale. They are especially useful for thin films where elimination of the substrate effect is required. The mechanism is based upon depth sensing indentation based on Oliver and Pharr modeling. The load-depth curves as well as time on sample were analyzed. Indentation impulse was found to have significant contribution in the nature of failure zone during indentation. Fracture toughness was also related to time on the sample.
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    Nanoindentation technique has been widely used for measuring mechanical properties from a very small volume of material. The hardness measured using the depth sensing nanoindentation technique often decreases with increasing indentation size, the so called indentation size effect (ISE)[1, 2]. It has been generally acknowledged that the ISE in crystalline materials originates from the density change of geometrically necessary dislocations (GND) needed to accommodate a permanent indentation imprint. Conventionally, to characterize an ISE often requires a series measurement of hardness values at different indentation size. Based on the celebrated Oliver-Pharr scheme[3]. We propose a method to derive the ISE from the loading curve of one single indentation test. The application and limitation of the proposed method will be discussed.
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    Nanoindentation is used for evaluating the mechanical properties of micro material. However, it is not examined whether nanoindentation can apply to thin sheet. Therefore, the establishment of the test method for the thin sheet is necessary. In this study, SUS304 thin sheets with thicknesses of 100, 50, 20 and 10μm were used. Specimens were glued to metal block with using 2 kind of adhesive, Young's modulus and indentation hardness were measured. As the results, Young's modulus was almost constant in the low indentation load region, but that was decreased when indentation load is increased than a certain value. Indentation hardness was almost constant despite surface polishing or adhesive. But, in the case of thicknesses of 20 and 10μm, the effect of the thickness appeared in the hardness when indentation load is very large.
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