Episode 169 of the Professor Alex Volinsky podcast. No experiment, no findings claimed: the guest editorial by Ting Tsui and Alex Volinsky introduces the Micromachines special issue on small-scale deformation. A field overview — nanoindentation's thirty-year record, what advanced techniques add, and why small-scale measurement is where materials science gets honest. Based on the paper: Editorial for the Special Issue on Small-Scale Deformation using Advanced Nanoindentation Techniques; T. Tsui, A.A. Volinsky; Micromachines, 2019, Vol. 10(4), article 269. Hosts Elena and Marcus. AI-generated voices.
