Glass and ceramics are brittle in nature, but are often used in electronics, space, defense, biomedical, and many day-to-day applications, where mechanical disintegration may cause total failure of the application. Evaluation and in-depth knowledge of nanomechanical characterization helps to improve process parameters or may help identify the critical failure point. Therefore, it is important to measure mechanical properties such as hardness and Young's modulus at the local microstructural length scale. This book presents a collection of recent research findings of nanoindentation issues in brittle materials.

Section 1 Contact Mechanics. Contact Issues in Brittle Solids. Mechanics of Elastic and Elastoplastic Contacts. Section 2 Journey Towards Nanoindentation. Brief History of Indentation. Hardness and Elastic Modulus. Nanoindentation: Why at All and Where?. Nanoindentation Data Analysis Methods. Nanoindentation Techniques. Instrumental Details. Materials and Measurement Issues. Section 3 Static Contact Behavior of Glass. What If the Contact is Too Quick in Glass?. Enhancement in Nanohardness of Glass: Possible?. Energy Issues in Nanoindentation. Section 4 Dynamic Contact Behavior of Glass. Dynamic Contact Damage in Glass. Does the Speed of Dynamic Contact Matter?. Nanoindentation Inside the Scratch: What Happens?. Section 5 Static Contact Behavior of Ceramics. Nanomechanical Properties of Ceramics. Does the Contact Rate Matter for Ceramics?. Nanoscale Contact in Ceramics. Section 6 Static Behavior of Shock-Deformed Ceramics. Shock Deformation of Ceramics. Nanohardness of Alumina. Interaction of Defects with Nanoindents in Shocked Ceramics. Effect of Shock Pressure on ISE: A Comparative Study. Section 7 Nanoindentation Behavior of Ceramic-Based Composites. Nano/Micromechanical Properties of C/C and C/C-SiC Composites. Nanoindentation on Multilayered Ceramic Matrix Composites. Nanoindentation of Hydroxyapatite-Based Biocomposites. Section 8 Nanoindentation Behavior of Functional Ceramics. Nanoindentation of Silicon. Nanomechanical Behavior of ZTA. Nanoindentation Behavior of Actuator Ceramics. Nanoindentation of Magnetoelectric Multiferroic Material. Nanoindentation Behavior of Anode-Supported Solid Oxide Fuel Cell. Nanoindentation Behavior of High-Temperature Glass-Ceramic Sealants for Anode-Supported Solid Oxide Fuel Cell. Section 9 Static Contact Behavior of Ceramic Coatings. Nanoindentation on HAp Coating. Weibull Modulus of Ceramic Coating. Anisotropy in Nanohardness of Ceramic Coating. Fracture Toughness of Ceramic Coating Measured by Nanoindentation. Effect of