Research Interest: Nano-Indentation and Micro-Indentation

Instrumented indentation or scratch studies at the nano-/micro-scale. Forward and reverse (inverse) analysis of indentation/scratch tests. Contact mechanics of indentation and frictional sliding.

Related Publications

Effects of Mechanical Properties and Surface Friction on Elasto-Plastic Sliding Contact

S. Bellemare, M. Dao and S. Suresh, Mech. Mater., 40 (2008) 206-219.
Mechanics of Indentation of Plastically Graded Materials: II. Experiments on Nanocrystalline Alloys with Grain-Size Gradients

I.S. Choi, A.J. Detor, R. Schwaiger, M. Dao, C.A. Schuh and S. Suresh, J. Mech. Phys. Solids, 56 (2008) 172-183.
Mechanics of Indentation of Plastically Graded Materials: I. Analysis

I.S. Choi, M. Dao and S. Suresh, J. Mech. Phys. Solids, 56 (2008) 157-171.
Indentation across size scales and disciplines: Recent developments in experimentation and modeling

A. Gouldstone, N. Chollacoop, M. Dao, J. Li, A. M. Minor and Y.-L. Shen, Acta Materialia, 55, 4015–4039, 2007.
The frictional sliding response of elasto-plastic materials in contact with a conical indenter

S. Bellemare, M. Dao and S. Suresh, Int. J. Solids Struct., 44, 1970–1989, 2007.
Shell buckling of individual multiwalled carbon nanotubes using nanoindentation

J. F. Waters, P. R. Guduru, M. Jouzi, J. M. Xu, T. Hanlon and S. Suresh, Applied Physics Letters, August 2005
Effects of grain refinement and strength on friction and damage evolution under repeated sliding contact in nanostructured metals

T. Hanlon, A.H. Chokshi, M. Manoharan and S. Suresh, International Journal of Fatigue, 27 , 1159–1163, 2005.
Nano-sized twins induce high rate sensitivity of flow stress in pure copper

L. Lu, R. Schwaiger, Z. W. Shan, M. Dao, K. Lu and S. Suresh, Acta Materialia , 53, 2169-2179, 2005.
Predictive modeling of nanoindentation-induced homogeneous dislocation nucleation in copper

T. Zhu, J. Li, K. J. Van Vliet, S. Ogataf, S. Yip; S. Suresh, JMPS , 52, 691-724, 2004.
Size effects on the onset of plastic deformation during nanoindentation of thin films and patterened lines

Y. Choi, K. J. Van Vliet, J. Li, S. Suresh, J. Applied Physics , 94, 9, 6050-6058, 2003.
Model experiments for direct visualization of grain boundary deformation in nanocrystalline metals

K. J. Van Vliet, S. Tsikata, S. Suresh, Applied Physics Letters , 83, 7, 1441-1443, 2003.
Some critical experiments on the strain-rate sensitivity of nanocrystalline nickel

R. Schwaiger, B. Moser, M. Dao, N. Chollacoop, S. Suresh, Acta Materialia , 51, 5159–5172, 2003.
Quantifying the early stages of plasticity through nanoscale experiments and simulations

K. J. Van Vliet, J. Li, T. Zhu, S. Yip and S. Suresh, Physical Review B , 67, 104-105, 2003.
Depth-sensing instrumented indentation with dual sharp indenters

N. Chollacoop, M. Dao, S. Suresh, Acta Materialia , 51, 3713–3729, 2003.
Nanoindentation of patterned metal lines on a Si substrate

Y. Choi and S. Suresh, Scripta Materiala , 48 (3): 249-254, 2003
Atomistic mechanisms governing elastic limit and incipient plasticity in crystals

J. Li, K. J. Van Vliet, T. Zhu, S. Yip and S. Suresh, Nature , 418, 307-310, 2002.
Simulations of cyclic normal indentation of crystal surfaces using the bubble-raft model

K. J. Van Vliet and S. Suresh, Phil. Mag. A , 82 (10): 1993-2002, 2002.
Nanocrystallzation during nanoindentation of a bulk amorphous metal alloy at room temperature

J. J. Kim, Y. Choi, S. Suresh and A. Argon, Science, 295 (5555): 654-657, 2002.
Analysis of the impact of a sharp indenter

E.W. Andrews, A.E. Giannakopoulos, E. Plisson and S. Suresh, Int. J. Solids Struct. 39 (2): 281-295, 2002.
Computational modeling of the forward and reverse problems in instrumented sharp indentation

M. Dao, N. Chollacoop, K. J. Van Vliet, T. A. Venkatesh and S. Suresh, Acta. Materiallia , 49, 3899-3918, 2001.