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Mechanics of Indentation into Micro- and Nanoscale Forests of Tubes, Rods, or Pillars

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Wang, Lifeng; Ortiz, Christine; Boyce, Mary Cunningham
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Abstract
The force-depth behavior of indentation into fibrillar-structured surfaces such as those consisting of forests of micro- or nanoscale tubes or rods is a depth-dependent behavior governed by compression, bending, and buckling of the nanotubes. Using a micromechanical model of the indentation process, the effective elastic properties of the constituent tubes or rods as well as the effective properties of the forest can be deduced from load-depth curves of indentation into forests. These studies provide fundamental understanding of the mechanics of indentation of nanotube forests, showing the potential to use indentation to deduce individual nanotube or nanorod properties as well as the effective indentation properties of such nanostructured surface coatings. In particular, the indentation behavior can be engineered by tailoring various forest features, where the force-depth behavior scales linearly with tube areal density (m, number per unit area), tube moment of inertia (I), tube modulus (E), and indenter radius (R) and scales inversely with the square of tube length (L[superscript 2]), which provides guidelines for designing forests whether to meet indentation stiffness or for energy storage applications in microdevice designs.
Date issued
2010-12
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/76633
Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Materials Science and Engineering; Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering
Journal
Journal of Engineering Materials and Technology
Publisher
ASME International
Citation
Wang, Lifeng, Christine Ortiz, and Mary C. Boyce. “Mechanics of Indentation into Micro- and Nanoscale Forests of Tubes, Rods, or Pillars.” Journal of Engineering Materials and Technology 133.1 (2011): 011014. ©2011 American Society of Mechanical Engineers
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0094-4289

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