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Principles and applications of indentation / Mototsugu Sakai -- Size effects in nanoindentation / Xue Feng, Yonggang Huang, and Keh-chih Hwang -- Indentation in shape memory alloys / Yang-Tse Cheng and David S. Grummon -- Adhesive contact of solid surfaces / Fuqian Yang -- Nanomechanical characterization of one-dimensional nanostructures / Yousheng Zhang ... [et al.] -- Deformation behavior of nanoporous metals / Juergen Biener, Andrea M. Hodge, and Alex V. Hamza -- Residual stress determination using nanoindentation technique / Zhi-Hui Xu and Xiaodong Li -- Piezoelectric response in the contact deformation of piezoelectric materials / Fuqian Yang -- Mechanics of carbon nanotubes and their composites / Liang Chi Zhang -- Microbridge tests / Tong-Yi Zhang -- Nanoscale testing of one-dimensional nanostructures / Bei Peng ... [et al.] -- Metrologies for mechanical response of micro-and nanoscale systems / Robert R. Keller ... [et al.] -- Mechanical characterization of low-dimensional structures through on-chip tests / Alberto Corigliano, Fabrizio Cacchoine, and Sarah Zerbini.

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