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A novel templating method to create 3D bicontinuous structured hybrid electrolytes with improved mechanical properties for all-solid-state lithium batteries.

Using X--ray micro--diffraction and surface acoustic wave spectroscopy, we measure lattice swelling and elastic modulus changes in a W--1%Re alloy after implantation with 3110 appm of helium. A fraction of a percent observed lattice expansion gives rise to an order of magnitude larger reduction in the surface acoustic wave velocity. A multiscale elasticity, molecular dynamics, and density functional theory model is applied to the interpretation of observations. The measured lattice swelling is consistent with the

When deforming by low-temperature plasticity, the strength of the mantle mineral olivine is controlled by its grain size.

Nanoindentation measurement capabilities at elevated temperatures have developed considerably over the last two decades. Commercially available systems can now perform stable indentation testing at temperatures up to ~800 °C with thermal drift levels similar to those present at room temperature. The thermal management and measurement techniques necessary to achieve this are discussed here, with particular emphasis on systems featuring independent heating of both the indenter and the sample. To enable measurements at temperatures where oxidation of the indenter and/or sample are a concern, vacuum nanoindentation techniques have also been developed. A natural extension of testing in vacuo is elevated temperature nanoindentation in situ in the scanning electron microscope, and the additional requirements for and benefits of this are discussed. Finally, several new emerging testing techniques are introduced: thermal cycling/fatigue, interfacial thermal resistance measurement and small scale transient plasticity measurements.