New reference document for high temperature capabilities of the NanoTest Vantage and NanoTest Xtreme instruments

highlighting the multi-functionality of the NanoTest and NanoTest Xtreme  instruments for testing at high temperatures
30 May 2025 by
Alison Schaal

Materials researchers whose projects will require nanomechanical and tribological testing at high temperatures - here's a handy new reference document which details the wide range of capabilities of Micro Materials Ltd's NanoTest Vantage and Xtreme instruments.  
The  instruments  offer not only the opportunity to carry out  nanoindentation at  high temperatures but also complex scratch and impact tests.  

With the localised heating approach employed in the NanoTest Vantage and Xtreme instruments, the rest of the instrument remains only a few degrees above room temperature.  A benefit of this is that the SPM-nanopositioning stage next to the hot stage can be used throughout the temperature range.  Images obtained at high temperature make possible precise indentation positioning at temperature or targeting of specific features such as pillars for micro-compression tests or cantilevers for micro-scale bending experiments. 

 The NanoTest high temperature nanomechanical measurements portfolio document includes high quality data from our users and is available to download at https://www.micromaterials.co.uk/high-temperature