Nanoindenter

Among the numerous available geometries are three and four sided pyramids, wedges, cones, cylinders, filaments, and spheres.

Several geometries have become a well established common standard due to their extended use and well known properties; such as Berkovich, cube corner, Vickers, and Knoop nanoindenters.

The tip end of the indenter can be made sharp, flat, or rounded to a cylindrical or spherical shape.

Diamond is the most commonly used material for nanoindentation due to its properties of hardness, thermal conductivity, and chemical inertness.

Nanoindenter faces are highly polished and reflective which is the basis for the laser goniometer measurements.