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An accessible textbook providing students with a working knowledge of the properties of defects in crystals, in a step-by-step tutorial style.
In his autobiography, Professor William D. Nix (1936- ) weaves together his family's experiences, and their emphasis on character and personal interactions. These have influenced his life, from humble beginnings in rural California to his rewarding career as a professor of materials science at Stanford University. Above all, this is a story of the wisdom and lessons of his parents, who came to California from Arkansas and Texas in the depths of the Depression, and of his wife, North Dakota native Jean Telford Nix. His earliest recollections tell of King City, California, in the late 1930s and early 1940s, and of Paso Robles during the Second World War. With the family's move to the Santa Cla...
Nanotechnology has played a significant role in the development of useful engineering devices and in the synthesis of new classes of materials. For the reliable design of devices and for structural applications of materials with micro- or nano-sized features, nanotechnology has always called for an understanding of the mechanical properties of materials at small length scales. Thus, it becomes important to develop new experimental techniques to allow reliable mechanical testing at small scales. At the same time, the development of computational techniques is necessary to interpret the experimentally observed phenomena. Currently, microcompression testing of micropillars, which are fabricated...
More skilled at woodworking than communicating, Nix Humbolt seeks the words to deal with high school expectations, his extroverted sister, and his neighbor's neglected dog.
Nanoindentation of Natural Materials: Hierarchical and Functionally Graded Microstructures provides a systematic introduction and review of state-of-the-art statistical hierarchical and functionally graded structures found in bone, teeth, hair, and scales, from a nanoindentation perspective, including detailed microstructure and composition. It covers the basics of hierarchical and functionally graded structures and nanoindentation techniques and detailed discussion with correlation micro/nano mechanical-structures The book includes practical issues backed with experimental data