William D. Nix

Research.com Recognitions

• 2017 - Monie A. Ferst Award, Sigma Xi
• 2011 - Heyn Commemorative Medal
• 2011 - Fellow of the Materials Research Society
• 2007 - Von Hippel Award, Materials Research Society
• 2003 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
• 2002 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
• 2001 - Nadai Medal, The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
• 1993 - Acta Materialia Gold Medal
• 1987 - Member of the National Academy of Engineering For outstanding research on experimental and theoretical aspects of high temperature creep and creep-rupture behavior of solids.

Overview

Best Publications

• Indentation size effects in crystalline materials: A law for strain gradient plasticity

  William D. Nix;Huajian Gao

  5069
  Citations

• A method for interpreting the data from depth-sensing indentation instruments

  M. F. Doerner;W. D. Nix

  4274
  Citations

• Mechanical properties of thin films

  William D. Nix

  3888
  Citations

• Sample dimensions influence strength and crystal plasticity.

  Michael D. Uchic;Dennis M. Dimiduk;Jeffrey N. Florando;William D. Nix

  2790
  Citations

• Mechanism-based strain gradient plasticity— I. Theory

  H. Gao;Y. Huang;W. D. Nix;J. W. Hutchinson

  2588
  Citations

• What is the Young's Modulus of Silicon?

  M.A. Hopcroft;W.D. Nix;T.W. Kenny

  2468
  Citations

• Effects of the substrate on the determination of thin film mechanical properties by nanoindentation

  Ranjana Saha;William D. Nix

  1910
  Citations

• Size dependence of mechanical properties of gold at the micron scale in the absence of strain gradients

  Julia R. Greer;Warren C. Oliver;William D. Nix

  1806
  Citations

• 25th anniversary article: Understanding the lithiation of silicon and other alloying anodes for lithium-ion batteries

  Matthew T. McDowell;Seok Woo Lee;William D. Nix;Yi Cui;Yi Cui

  1692
  Citations

• Interconnected Silicon Hollow Nanospheres for Lithium-Ion Battery Anodes with Long Cycle Life

  Yan Yao;Matthew T. McDowell;Ill Ryu;Hui Wu

  1664
  Citations

• Nanoscale gold pillars strengthened through dislocation starvation

  Julia R. Greer;William D. Nix

  1131
  Citations

• Determination of indenter tip geometry and indentation contact area for depth-sensing indentation experiments

  K. W. McElhaney;J. J. Vlassak;W. D. Nix

  1041
  Citations

• In Situ TEM of Two-Phase Lithiation of Amorphous Silicon Nanospheres

  Matthew T. McDowell;Seok Woo Lee;Justin T. Harris;Brian A. Korgel

  939
  Citations

• A new bulge test technique for the determination of Young's modulus and Poisson's ratio of thin films

  J.J. Vlassak;W.D. Nix

  937
  Citations

• Crystallite coalescence: A mechanism for intrinsic tensile stresses in thin films

  W. D. Nix;B. M. Clemens

  827
  Citations

• Stresses and deformation processes in thin films on substrates

  Mary F. Doerner;William D. Nix

  811
  Citations

• Mechanism-based strain gradient plasticity—II. Analysis

  Y. Huang;H. Gao;W.D. Nix;J.W. Hutchinson

  790
  Citations

• Measurement and Interpretation of stress in aluminum-based metallization as a function of thermal history

  P.A. Flinn;D.S. Gardner;W.D. Nix

  775
  Citations

• Elastic and plastic properties of thin films on substrates : nanoindentation techniques

  William D. Nix

  729
  Citations

• Studying the kinetics of crystalline silicon nanoparticle lithiation with in situ transmission electron microscopy.

  Matthew T. McDowell;Ill Ryu;Seok Woo Lee;Chongmin Wang

  683
  Citations

• Analysis of elastic and plastic deformation associated with indentation testing of thin films on substrates

  A.K. Bhattacharya;W.D. Nix

  674
  Citations