Atomic Force Mircroscopy / Nanoindentation

• Effect of charges and polarization around cracks on the fracture toughness of ferroelectric materials analyzed by Kelvin-Force-Microscopy and 4 Point bending tests
  
  
• Characterization of lead-free ferroelectrics with Piezoresponse Force Microscopy
  
  
• Tip-sample interaction in force modulation microscopy: mechanical properties at nanoscale level

Contact person:

Dipl.-Ing. Andrea Engert

Contact person:

M. Sc. Rodrigo Pacher Fernandes

(project completed)

• Investigation of enamel’s mechanical behaviors at different length scales

M. Sc. Siang Fung Ang

Dipl.-Ing. Sabine Bechtle

• Nanoindentation on ferroelectric and structural ceramics