Table of Contents

1: Contact Mechanics.- 2: Nanoindentation Testing.- 3: Analysis of Nanoindentation Test Data.- 4: Factors Affecting Nanoindentation Test Data.- 5: Simulation of Nanoindentation Test Data.- 6: Scaling Relationships in Nanoindentation.- 7: Time-Dependent Nanoindentation.- 8: Nanoindentation of Thin Films and Small Volumes of Materials.- 9: Other Techniques in Nanoindentation.- 10: Nanoindentation Test Standards.- 11: Nanoindentation Instrumentation.- 12: Applications of Nanoindentation.- Appendix 1: Elastic Indentation Stress Fields.- Appendix 2: Surface Forces, Adhesion and Friction.- Appendix 3: Common Indenter Geometries.- Appendix 4: Non-Linear Least Squares Fitting.- Appendix 5: Properties of Materials.- Appendix 6: Frequently Asked Questions.- Appendix 7: Specifications for a Nanoindenter.

About the Author

Tony Fischer-Cripps has been teaching undergraduate students in Physics and Electronics since 1985. He first studied Automotive Engineering at Technical College, then went on to do an Applied Physics degree course at the University of Technology, Sydney and finally, undertook a PhD at the University of Sydney. Dr Fischer-Cripps spent two years working at the National Bureau of Standards in the United States before returning to Australia in 1996 to take up a teaching position at the University of Technology, Sydney. Dr Fischer-Cripps then headed the surface mechanics group at the CSIRO Division of Industrial Physics for 6 years before managing his own nanoindentation instrument company in 2005.