Editorial for the Special Issue on Small-Scale Deformation using Advanced Nanoindentation Techniques

Mechanical properties of gallium nitride (GaN) single crystals upon carbon ion irradiation are examined using nanoindentation analysis at room temperature. Pop-in events in the load-depth curves are observed for unirradiated and irradiated GaN samples. A statistical linear relationship between the critical indentation load for the occurrence of the pop-in event and the associated displacement jump is exhibited. Both the slope of linear regression and the measured hardness increase monotonically to the ion fluence, which can be described by logistic equations. Moreover, a linear relationship between the regression slope as a micromechanical characterization and the hardness as a macroscopic mechanical property is constructed. It is also found that the maximum resolved shear stress of the irradiated samples is larger than that of the unirradiated samples, as the dislocation loops are pinned by the irradiation-induced defects. Our results indicate that the nanoindentation pop-in phenomenon combined with a statistical analysis can serve as a characterization method for the mechanical properties of ion-irradiated materials.

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Editorial for the Special Issue on Small-Scale Deformation using Advanced Nanoindentation Techniques

Abstract: Nanoindentation techniques have been used to reliably characterize mechanical properties at small scales for the past 30 years [...]

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Mechanical Properties of GaN Single Crystals upon C Ion Irradiation: Nanoindentation Analysis

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