| Indentation size effects in crystalline materials: a law for strain gradient plasticity WD Nix, H Gao Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids 46 (3), 411-425, 1998 | 4733 | 1998 |
| A method for interpreting the data from depth-sensing indentation instruments MF Doerner, WD Nix Journal of Materials research 1 (4), 601-609, 1986 | 3889 | 1986 |
| Mechanical properties of thin films WD Nix Metallurgical transactions A 20, 2217-2245, 1989 | 3362 | 1989 |
| Sample dimensions influence strength and crystal plasticity MD Uchic, DM Dimiduk, JN Florando, WD Nix Science 305 (5686), 986-989, 2004 | 2677 | 2004 |
| What is the Young's Modulus of Silicon? MA Hopcroft, WD Nix, TW Kenny Journal of microelectromechanical systems 19 (2), 229-238, 2010 | 2346 | 2010 |
| Mechanism-based strain gradient plasticity—I. Theory H Gao, Y Huang, WD Nix, JW Hutchinson Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids 47 (6), 1239-1263, 1999 | 2317 | 1999 |
| Effects of the substrate on the determination of thin film mechanical properties by nanoindentation R Saha, WD Nix Acta materialia 50 (1), 23-38, 2002 | 1855 | 2002 |
| Size dependence of mechanical properties of gold at the micron scale in the absence of strain gradients JR Greer, WC Oliver, WD Nix Acta Materialia 53 (6), 1821-1830, 2005 | 1765 | 2005 |
| Interconnected silicon hollow nanospheres for lithium-ion battery anodes with long cycle life Y Yao, MT McDowell, I Ryu, H Wu, N Liu, L Hu, WD Nix, Y Cui Nano letters 11 (7), 2949-2954, 2011 | 1617 | 2011 |
| 25th anniversary article: understanding the lithiation of silicon and other alloying anodes for lithium‐ion batteries MT McDowell, SW Lee, WD Nix, Y Cui Advanced materials 25 (36), 4966-4985, 2013 | 1525 | 2013 |
| Nanoscale gold pillars strengthened through dislocation starvation JR Greer, WD Nix Physical Review B 73 (24), 245410, 2006 | 1081 | 2006 |
| Determination of indenter tip geometry and indentation contact area for depth-sensing indentation experiments KW McElhaney, JJ Vlassak, WD Nix Journal of Materials research 13 (5), 1300-1306, 1998 | 1044 | 1998 |
| A new bulge test technique for the determination of Young's modulus and Poisson's ratio of thin films JJ Vlassak, WD Nix Journal of materials research 7 (12), 3242-3249, 1992 | 919 | 1992 |
| In situ TEM of two-phase lithiation of amorphous silicon nanospheres MT McDowell, SW Lee, JT Harris, BA Korgel, C Wang, WD Nix, Y Cui Nano letters 13 (2), 758-764, 2013 | 855 | 2013 |
| Crystallite coalescence: A mechanism for intrinsic tensile stresses in thin films WD Nix, BM Clemens Journal of materials research 14 (8), 3467-3473, 1999 | 791 | 1999 |
| Stresses and deformation processes in thin films on substrates MF Doerner, WD Nix Critical Reviews in Solid State and Material Sciences 14 (3), 225-268, 1988 | 789 | 1988 |
| Mechanism-based strain gradient plasticity—II. Analysis Y Huang, H Gao, WD Nix, JW Hutchinson Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids 48 (1), 99-128, 2000 | 752 | 2000 |
| Measurement and interpretation of stress in aluminum-based metallization as a function of thermal history PA Flinn, DS Gardner, WD Nix IEEE Transactions on electron devices 34 (3), 689-699, 1987 | 742 | 1987 |
| The principles of engineering materials CR Barrett, WD Nix, AS Tetelman (No Title), 1973 | 688 | 1973 |
| Analysis of elastic and plastic deformation associated with indentation testing of thin films on substrates AK Bhattacharya, WD Nix International Journal of Solids and Structures 24 (12), 1287-1298, 1988 | 667 | 1988 |
