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In this study, mechanical properties of neat isotactic polypropylene (iPP) were evaluated on local and global scales. Depth-sensing indentation with nanoscale resolution (nanoindentation) and traditional macromechanical tests were incorporated for this purpose at different temperatures and strain rates. Various morphologies and crystalline structures of iPP was obtained via changing processing conditions in melt state. A certain relation was found between the local and global mechanical properties, i. e. yield stress, modulus of elasticity and hardness. Moreover, developed yield models were evaluated on the local scale. The results showed that while crystal plasticity theory is not valid for... 

Molecular Dynamics as a powerful method in the field of Nano-simulation has been widely used in recent years. Different contact processes such as Nano-manipulation, AFM Imaging, and Nano-indentation can be simulated using this method. There have been numerous researches done on calculating techniques of simulation of different phenomena in Nano-technology. Specifically, friction and Nano-indentation which are parts of Nano-contact processes have been simulated by different investigators. However, on some other parts, e.g. Nano-manipulation and AFM Imaging, there are few studies done up to now. Thus, a simulation and computational software seems necessary in this field. The main goal of... 

Coatings are used in order to prevent wear, corrosion, thermal gradient reduction, surface strength improving and many other applications in industries. One of the common applications of coatings, is to prevent wear and surface abrasion. Hardness and friction coefficients are two parameters that determine the wear properties of a coating. Determining these parameters in very thin films is only possible by nanoindentation and nanoscratch tests. Surface hardness, young modulus and fracture toughness can be obtained using nanoindentation and friction coefficient is calculated from nanoscratch.
Finite element method is widely used for simulating the nanoindentation and nanoscratch... 

Nanocrystalline materials have received increasing attention during the last decades. Polycrystalline structures with grain sizes less than 100 nm are referred as nanocrystalline (NC). Their mechanical properties differ significantly from polycrystalline structures. As an example, hardness and wear resistance of nanocrystalline structures are higher than those of polycrystalline structures. With the reduction of grain size, hardness increases based on the Hall–Petch relation. However, at the very small grain sizes the Hall–Petch relation breaks down and a fundamental shift takes place in hardening mechanism. Molecular dynamics (MD) simulation offers a powerful method for the investigation of... 

In this study insitu Al-Al3Ti-Al2O3 nanocomposite has been fabricated based on thermal decomposition of tialite (Al2TiO5) precursor in aluminium matrix through powder metallurgy method. Also the effect of high energy mechanical milling and hot extrusion on this procedure has been investigated. In the first step nano-structured tialite were synthesized through citrate sol gel methods. Then, different volume fraction of tialte was mixed with aluminium by high energy vibratory milling. The results of X-ray differaction analysis, scanning electron microscopy and differential thermal analysis showed that mechanical milling can degrade stability of tialite and cause strain-induced decomposition,... 

Nowadays, metal-organic frameworks have received a lot of attention due to their properties and characteristics such as controllable structure, high specific surface area and the tunable porosity size and have found many applications. One group of metal-organic frameworks are zeolitic imidazolate frameworks which ZIF-8 is a member of this family, and many studies have been conducted on it. In the present study, ZIF-8 nanocomposite coating was applied to the plain carbon steel substrate by synthesis at room temperature and immersion method, and its corrosion behavior and mechanical properties were investigated. The effect of Mercaptobenzothiazole (MBT) inhibitor on corrosion behavior and...