@inbook{17a2a347bd7f4c98b020cbde3959e213,
title = "Nanomechanical characterization of soft materials",
abstract = "This chapter reviews the creep or viscoelastic deformation behavior of soft materials under nanoindentation-type testing. Analysis protocols of nanoindentation based on the Hertzian elastic contact theory, linear viscoelasticity analyses, and a more recent rate-jump method, are described and assessed. In addition to continuous viscoelasticity, a special type of discrete creep deformation, often observed in a wide range of materials during nanomechanical testing, is also highlighted.",
author = "Ngan, \{A. H.W.\}",
year = "2014",
doi = "10.1007/978-94-007-6919-9\_8",
language = "English",
isbn = "9789400769182",
series = "Solid Mechanics and its Applications",
publisher = "Springer Verlag",
pages = "153--172",
booktitle = "Nanomechanical Analysis Nanomechanical Analysis Materials",
}