Colloidal nanocrystals (NCs) form a family of highly advanced building blocks suitable for large scale assembly of novel high-complexity 1D-to-3D superstructures. Their properties and inter-particle interactions, nowadays, can be highly controlled by tailoring their size, shape, composition and surface functionalization.
We have an immediate opening for a post-doctoral candidate in the area of micromechanical testing within the Mechanical Properties and Mechanics group at ORNL. Please see the attached file for further details. If you are interested in the position, please apply online at:
My coworkers (Dan Gianola, Yixiang Gan, and Kevin Hemker) and I have published research results in the December 18th, 2009 issue of Science. In this work, we perform tension tests on specially designed thin film samples to studying the influence of different stress and strain states on mechanically-induced grain growth in nanocrystalline aluminum. Our results indicate that shear stresses drive grain boundaries to move in a manner consistent with recent molecular dynamics simulations and theoretical predictions of coupled grain boundary migration.
Hi,
I am very glad to be here.
I want to make some simulation work on the fracture mechanics of thin films. Because the LEEF model is used for bulk materials, I wonder whether it is reasonable to use in on thin films.
Are there some pannels in abaqus can do crack propagation work or some fracture mechanics?
I am a fresh man and look forward for your help.
Regards
Phenixlee
Ph.D. position avaliable at the University of Waterloo. This program is funded by NSERC and CFI to construct UHV variable temperature nanoindenter and micro-tensile tester. Candiates must have a strong background in instrumentations and programming. Please contact Ting Tsui at tttsui [at] uwaterloo.ca (tttsui[at]uwaterloo[dot]ca)
We are pleased to officially announce the
2008 Gordon Research Conference on Thin Film and Small-Scale Mechanical Behavior
July 27 - August 1, 2008 at Colby College, Waterville Maine
Hello,
Prof. Philippe Geubelle, Dr. Rajesh Kitey and I are organizing a symposium on Mechanics of Thin Films and Layered Materials at 2007 Annual Meeting of the Society for Engineering Science, Texas A&M University, October 21-24, 2007.
The abstract deadline has been extended until June 30, 2007. Abstracts should prepared according to the instructions posted on the web at http://ses2007.tamu.edu/abstract.php.
The attached file is a set of class notes developed by W.D. Nix of Stanford University and used in a graduate course on Mechanical Properties of Thin Films. These notes have been used in the graduate course MSE 353 since the late 1980's. That course has been taught every year or so since that time. The notes were last updated in January of 2005. The reader will see a note to the effect that many of the figures and illustrations in the file have been taken from the work of students and colleagues at Stanford without proper attribution.
