William W Gerberich

William W Gerberich publication distribution in Materials Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Materials Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where William W Gerberich sits on this spectrum.

William W Gerberich D-index placement in Materials Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Materials Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where William W Gerberich sits on this spectrum.

Research.com Recognitions

• 2012 - Fellow of the Materials Research Society

Overview

Best Publications

• Interfacial toughness measurements for thin films on substrates

  A.A Volinsky;N.R Moody;W.W Gerberich

  810
  Citations

• Indentation induced dislocation nucleation: The initial yield point

  W.W. Gerberich;J.C. Nelson;E.T. Lilleodden;P. Anderson

  509
  Citations

• Non-linear deformation mechanisms during nanoindentation

  D.F. Bahr;D.E. Kramer;W.W. Gerberich

  475
  Citations

• Anomalous plastic deformation at surfaces: Nanoindentation of gold single crystals

  S. G. Corcoran;R. J. Colton;E. T. Lilleodden;W. W. Gerberich

  393
  Citations

• Biocompatibility of chemical-vapour-deposited diamond

  L. Tang;Chuen-Jinn Tsai;W. W. Gerberich;L. Kruckeberg

  390
  Citations

• Fracture toughness, adhesion and mechanical properties of low-K dielectric thin films measured by nanoindentation

  Alex A Volinsky;Joseph B Vella;William W Gerberich

  354
  Citations

• Brittle‐to‐Ductile Transition in Uniaxial Compression of Silicon Pillars at Room Temperature

  Fredrik Östlund;Karolina Rzepiejewska-Malyska;Klaus Leifer;Lucas M. Hale

  348
  Citations

• Interpretations of Indentation Size Effects

  W. W. Gerberich;N. I. Tymiak;J. C. Grunlan;M. F. Horstemeyer

  341
  Citations

• Flat-punch indentation of viscoelastic material

  L. Cheng;X. Xia;W. Yu;L. E. Scriven

  338
  Citations

• Superhard silicon nanospheres

  W.W Gerberich;W.M Mook;C.R Perrey;C.B Carter

  291
  Citations

• Yield strength predictions from the plastic zone around nanocontacts

  D. Kramer;H. Huang;M. Kriese;J. Robach

  283
  Citations

• Hydrogen-controlled cracking—An approach to threshold stress intensity

  William W Gerberich;Y. T. Chen

  259
  Citations

• The necessity of both plasticity and brittleness in the fracture thresholds of iron

  W. W. Gerberich;R. A. Oriani;M.-J. Lji;X. Chen

  254
  Citations

• Spherical-tip indentation of viscoelastic material

  Unknown

  230
  Citations

• Quantitative adhesion measures of multilayer films: Part I. Indentation mechanics

  Michael D. Kriese;William W. Gerberich;Neville R. Moody

  209
  Citations

• The injection of plasticity by millinewton contacts

  W. W.F Gerberich;S. K. Venkataraman;H. Huang;S. E. Harvey

  208
  Citations

• Plastic strain and strain gradients at very small indentation depths

  N. I. Tymiak;D. E. Kramer;D. F. Bahr;T. J. Wyrobek

  198
  Citations

• A short-time diffusion correlation for hydrogen-induced crack growth kinetics

  W. W. Gerberich;Y. T. Chen;C. St. John

  185
  Citations

• Lowering the percolation threshold of conductive composites using particulate polymer microstructure

  Jaime C. Grunlan;William W. Gerberich;Lorraine F. Francis

  182
  Citations

• Local interface composition and band discontinuities in heterovalent heterostructures.

  R. Nicolini;L. Vanzetti;Guido Mula;G. Bratina

  167
  Citations

• Deconfinement leads to changes in the nanoscale plasticity of silicon

  Dariusz Chrobak;Natalia Tymiak;Aaron Beaber;Ozan Ugurlu

  153
  Citations