Project Case | Nanomechanical Indenter with Thermal Stage System Successfully Delivered to a University in Beijing

Release date: 2026-04-24

Summary: Recently, a customer‑customized nanoindentation system equipped with a temperature‑controlled stage was successfully delivered and has now been officially integrated into the customer’s materials micro‑mechanical property evaluation platform.

Recently, a customer‑customized nanoindentation system with a temperature‑controlled stage was successfully delivered and has now been officially integrated into the customer’s materials micro‑mechanical property evaluation platform.

As a key functional extension of the nanoindenter, this system is designed to address the challenges of characterizing material performance under specific service conditions. It is capable of… Provides a continuous, stable, and clean temperature environment for micrometer-scale test areas (range: -100°C ~ 600°C , Accuracy: ±0.1°C ), and allows operation under a protective atmosphere.

By virtue of its Low profile, easy to integrate Design features: Without modifying the user’s existing core equipment, this device has successfully achieved… “ Temperature ” Introduced into the testing process as a precise, independent variable. Researchers can now directly study materials in situ, from cryogenic temperatures to… The evolution of a series of mechanical behaviors—such as hardness, modulus, creep, and phase transformations—within the high-temperature range. 。

The successful implementation of this solution demonstrates the practical value of multiscale environmental mechanics testing techniques in the research and development of cutting-edge materials. It provides indispensable microscale data that underpin our understanding of material failure mechanisms in real-world, complex environments and facilitate the optimization of material systems.

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Technical Specifications

Cooling method: liquid nitrogen cooling; heating rod heating.

Temperature range: -100℃-600℃

Temperature control method: PID Temperature Control (Auto-Tuning)

Temperature control accuracy: ±0.1℃

Temperature measurement resolution: 0.1℃

Heating rate: 50℃/min , continuously adjustable

Cooling rate: 30℃/min , continuously adjustable

Temperature-Variable Zone: 22mm*22mm

Sample stage material: Silver

Hole diameter: ∅ 8mm

Distance from the top cover to the sample stage: 7mm

Application scenarios

Research on Functional Materials and Phase Transitions : Precise measurement of shape memory alloys and ferroelectrics / The mechanical properties of ferromagnetic materials exhibit abrupt jumps near the phase-transition temperature, which are linked to the evolution of their microstructure and their macroscopic functional characteristics.

Superalloy and Coating Evaluation : At temperatures close to the actual in-service conditions (e.g., 600°C ), assessing the hardness, modulus, and creep resistance of turbine blade coatings or high-temperature alloys to provide critical data for life‑prediction analyses.

Characterization of Polymers and Soft Matter : Plot the storage modulus of a polymer material over the temperature range from low to moderate temperatures. - Temperature–property diagrams clearly delineate the glassy, rubbery, and viscous flow states, enabling the investigation of the effects of plasticizers or fillers.

Semiconductor and Electronic Packaging Materials : Analyze the interfacial fracture toughness and creep behavior of chip packaging materials and solder joints under various temperatures, particularly at low temperatures, to enhance the reliability of electronic devices.

Basic Scientific Exploration : Under controlled temperature and atmosphere, the crack-tip propagation behavior during thermal cycling and thin films are investigated. / Fundamental scientific issues, such as the debonding mechanisms of matrix–interface systems under thermal stresses.

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Nanoindenter Heating and Cooling Stage

TS400E-NANO

The nanoindentation system’s temperature‑controlled stage is suitable for applications involving semiconductor and aerospace materials that require mechanical and thermal testing. It is primarily used to investigate how a material’s hardness, elastic modulus, and other mechanical properties vary with temperature. The system enables vacuum‑environment testing over a range from −190°C to 400°C, without causing oxidation or frost formation on the sample.

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