Basics of Thermal and Mechanical Characterization Techniques

Abstract

Material technologies are crucial for the advancement of modern technologies. Characterization of mechanical and thermal properties of different materials are essential to comprehend intrinsic properties of the materials where advanced and innovative materials could be produced. Thin films and nanomaterials are important and were associated with nanotechnology and nanomaterials. Such materials can be applied to electronical devices, solar cells, sensors, solar harvesting devices, detector technologies, drug delivery applications, pharmaceutics, avionic industries, medical applications, military applications, automotive industries, etc. Mechanical characterisation techniques include microhardness, fatigue, and fracture analysis, nanoindentation, etc. Besides thermal characterization techniques can also be used for the characterizations which are thermal gravimetric analysis, differential scanning calorimetry, etc. Such techniques can be used to characterize nanomaterials such as carbon nanotubes, graphene, metal nanoparticles thin films etc. In this report, we briefly discussed mechanical and thermal characterization methods used for materials applications such as thermal gravimetric analysis, differential scanning calorimetry, thermal characterization; microhardness, fatigue, and fracture analysis, nanoindentation