Nanomechanics: Why the Strength of a Material Is Related to Its Size

Dr. Andrew Minor
University of California at Berkeley

Darwin 103
4:00 PM

Dr. Andrew Minor of the University of California at Berkeley and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory will show results from mechanical testing experiments inside a transmission electron microscope, where we can observe the fundamental mechanisms of deformation in materials at nanoscale dimensions. [Available on DVD in the SSU library.]