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The NANOINDENT FP7 Coordination Action project aims to gather, improve, catalogue and present European-wide activities in characterisation techniques, methods and equipment for nanomechanical testing. This new virtual research centre will improve existing nanoindentation metrology to reveal structure-properties relationship at the nano-scale. The work will also lay down a solid base for subsequent efforts for defining and preparing new standards to support measurement technology in the field of nanomaterials characterisation. Steps include development of the classical and the dynamic nanoindentation method and its application to new fields, application of modified nano-indenters to new fields as scratching and wear measurement, firm and uniform determination of instrumental parameters and defining new standard samples for the new applications.

The virtual centre is disseminating information based on a new "Nanocharacterisation database" on two levels: on a broader level a novel inventory of data and techniques in nanomechanical characterisation is being built and, for a narrower public, the actual results of the network are disseminated.

For more information contact: Dr. Péter NAGY (nagyp@chemres.hu)

The Nanoindent project has received funding from the European Community's Seventh Framework Programme (FP7/2007-2013) under grant agreement n° NMP3-CA-2008-218659.