Bystrzycki

The indentation process is driven by the applied load, and resisted by two principal factors the resistance of the specimen to plastic deformation (and elastic deformation) plus the frictional resistance at the indenter/specimen interface. The ratio of these resistances changes with the size of the indentation because the plastic resistance is proportional to the volume of the indentation, while the frictional resistance is proportional to the surface area of the indentation. Therefore, the ratio varies as the reciprocal indentation size. This interpretation has been tested and found to be valid by Bystrzycki and Varin (1993). 

Very recently, Bystrzycki et al. [115] studied the possibility of destabilization of MgHj by chemical reaction with Si and formation of an intermediate intermetallic... 

J. Bystrzycki, M. Polanski, T. Plocinski, Nano-engineering approach to destabilization of magnesium hydride (MgH2) by solid-state reaction with Si, . /. Nanosci. Nanotech. (2007) (in press). 

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