Symposium Topics

• Mechanical behavior of nanostructured materials
• Mechanical behavior of thin films and multilayer systems
• Modeling and experimental aspects of Instrumented-indentations
• Mechanical behavior of biological materials at micro- and nano-scales
• Tribology and wear mechanisms of advanced materials
• Size effect on the mechanical properties of small structures
• Modeling of mechanical behavior of the nanostructured materials
• Multi-scale simulations of mechanical behavior of nano and micro scale systems
• Application of SPM on characterizing mechanical behavior of micro- and nano-scale systems
• Mechanical behaviors of advanced materials such as amorphous materials, composites, functional materials including piezoelectric or ferroelectric materials.
• Mechanical behaviors of nanostructures, such as nanotubes, nanorods, nanorings and nanobelts, etc