List of Services

Listed below is a short list of the standard testing that we provide. Please contact us if your needs do not fit neatly into one of the categories below and we will happily discuss further testing capabilities.

Nanoindentation and nanomechanical characterization

• Elastic Modulus and Hardness Testing

• Nanoindentation (Continuous Stiffness Measurement/ISO 14577 compliant)

• High temperature nanoindentation (up to 350C)

• Mechanical Properties Mapping

• Substrate Independent Nanoindentation Results (Hay-Crawford model, 2010)

• Nano Scratch and Nano Wear Testing

• Viscoelastic Polymer Testing

• Viscoelastic Properties Mapping

• Special Low-κ Test Suite (substrate independent indentation and customized low-k scratch testing)

• Fracture Toughness and Fracture Initiation

• Particle Crush Tests

• Impact Testing

• Imaging and High Precision Nanoindentation

• Custom electronic measurement integration

• Nanomechanical Characterization Training

• Instrument Rental (at our facility)

Nano- to micro-scale tensile testing

• Tensile tests of fibers and films

• Dynamic tensile testing

• Compression tests

• Bend tests

• Fatigue testing