Materials Testing

Hysitron TI‐990 TriboIndenter Nanoindenter

The Hysitron TI 990 TriboIndenter offers advanced control, testing flexibility, and modularity, enabling superior research capabilities in nanomechanical characterization through multiple cutting-edge techniques:

Nanoindentation provides quantitative mechanical property measurements, such as reduced modulus and hardness, with exceptional reliability using precise transducer design and calibration. Nanoscratch tests tribological and adhesion properties through combined normal and lateral probe displacement, with nanometer-resolution in-situ SPM imaging for immediate analysis. Nanowear enables nanoscale tribological experiments, generating high-sensitivity friction maps and wear analysis with two-dimensional capacitive transducer technology. In-Situ SPM Imaging correlates nanometer-resolution surface topography with nanomechanical and nanotribological data for precise, defect-free analysis. XPM II maps nanomechanical properties rapidly and accurately, combining high-bandwidth actuation and in-situ SPM imaging for comprehensive property statistics. nanoDMA IV with CMX provides continuous, depth- and frequency-dependent mechanical property analysis, including advanced viscoelastic parameters like storage and loss moduli.

All of these measurements can be done in cryo to high temperature environments from -140°C – 800°C.

Bose Electroforce Dynamic Mechanical Tester

The Bose ElectroForce 3200 uses acoustic motors to perform experiments using a 0.5 N or 450 N maximum force load cell. With the versatility of static to 300 Hz frequency response, the table‐top configuration is adaptable to a variety of biomedical research and engineered materials test applications, including torsion testing, creep under dynamic loading and special environments. This load frame is capable of 3‐point bend, 4‐point bend, compression, and tensile testing.