ECI Nanomechanical Testing in Materials R&D X

What is really happening when your material deforms?

At Nanomechanical Testing in Materials R&D X, bring your hardest deformation, fracture or local-property question to Oxford Instruments.

Explore how in-situ micromechanics, nanoindentation and mechanical property mapping can reveal what is happening at the micro- and nanoscale, and why.

Research featured at the conference

Work using Oxford Instruments nanomechanical systems includes research into in-situ micropillar compression, plasticity and failure from leading materials researchers.

What are you trying to understand?

How does it deform or fail?

NMT04 | In-situ SEM/FIB micromechanics

Observe deformation while you test with micropillar compression, micro-tensile and micro-cantilever fracture and fatigue testing. Investigate plasticity, strain localisation, crack initiation and propagation, with correlation to EBSD and STEM.

Up to 800°C available.

Where do the properties change?

i04 | High-resolution nanoindentation

Measure hardness, indentation modulus, creep and stress relaxation and build dense mechanical property maps across thin films, coatings and heterogeneous microstructures.

Continuous stiffness measurement and optional scratch, wear and SPM capabilities extend the workflow.

What changes under different conditions?

iX05 | Operando nanoindentation

Investigate local mechanical behaviour from −150°C to +800°C, under high vacuum and at high strain rates.

With mapping speeds of up to 30 indents/s, explore more of your material and correlate mechanical response with EDS, EBSD or AFM.

Connect the measurement to the mechanism

Relate hardness, indentation modulus and other local mechanical responses to composition, crystallography and topography.

Discuss your application with our specialists and explore the testing workflow that best fits your research question.