Department of Mechanical Engineering

Research

Feng’s Nano-mechanical Lab

Copyright @ Gang Feng. All rights reserved.  Latest update on 09/13/2009

RESEARCH INTERESTS

¨ Nanomechanical Characterization and Modeling

¨ Design of Nanomaterials and Nanostructures

    

Publications

¨ Journal Papers

· Feng, G; Freund, LB, Analysis of dislocation arrays with alternating Burgers vectors in layered heterostructures, submitted to Journal of Crystal Growth.

· Feng, G; Qu, S; Huang, Y; Nix, WD, A quantitative analysis for the stress field around an elastoplastic indentation/contact, Journal of Materials Research; 2009; v.24, no.3 p.704-718.

· Feng, G; Budiman, AS; Tamura, N; Patel, JR; Nix, WD, Indentation size effects in single crystal Cu as revealed by synchrotron X-ray microdiffraction, Journal of Applied Physics; 2008; v.104, Art. No. 043501.

· Chiu, Y; Feng, G; Tang, B; Ngan, AHW, An alternative method for continuous property measurement during depth-sensing indentation, International Journal of Surface Science and Engineering; 2007; v.1, n.1, p.144-154.

· Feng, G; Qu, S; Huang, Y; Nix, WD, An analytical expression for the stress field around an elastoplastic indentation/contact, Acta Materialia; 2007; v.55, n.9, p.2929-2938.

· Nix, WD; Greer, JR; Feng, G; Lilleodden, ET, Deformation at the nanometer and micrometer length scales: effects of strain gradients and dislocation starvation, Thin Solid Films; 2007; v.515, no.6, p.3152-3157.

· Feng, G; Yoon, Y; Lee, C; Nix, WD, A study of the mechanical properties of nanowires using nanoindentation, Journal of Applied Physics; 2006; v.99, no.7, Art. No. 074304.

· Huang, Y; Zhang, F; Hwang, KC; Nix, WD; Pharr, GM; Feng, G, A model of size effects in nano-indentation, Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids; 2006; v.54, no.8, p.1668-1686.

· Feng, G; Nix, WD, Indentation size effect in MgO, Scripta Materialia; 2004; v.51, no.6, p.599-603.

· O'Hayre, R; Feng, G; Nix, WD; Prinz, FB, Quantitative impedance measurement using atomic force microscopy, Journal of Applied Physics; 2004; v.96, no.6, p.3540-3549.

· Feng, G; Ngan, AHW, Effects of creep and thermal drift on modulus measurement using depth-sensing indentation, Journal of Materials Research; 2002; v.17, no.3, p.660-668.

· Feng, G; Ngan, AHW, Creep and strain burst in indium and aluminium during nanoindentation, Scripta Materialia; 2001; v.45, no.8, p.971-976.

¨ Conference Proceeding Papers

· Ngan, AHW; Feng, G; Tang, B; Li, H; Wo, PC, Time-dependent plasticity in the submicron regime, Proceedings of IUTAM Symposium on Size Effects on Material and Structural Behavior at Micron- and Nano-Scales; 2004; p.115-124.

· Feng, G; Ngan, AHW, The effects of creep on elastic modulus measurement using nanoindentation, Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings; 2001; v.649, p.Q7.1.1-Q7.1.6.

¨ Patent

· Feng, G; Ngan. AHW, Patent: Method for Measuring Elastic Properties, (US 2003/0094034 A1, EP 1314970 A2).