Isolating electrical and thermal effects on electrically assisted deformation (EAD) is very difficult using macroscopic samples. Metallic sample micro- and nanostructures together with a custom test procedure have been developed to evaluate the impact of applied current on the formation without joule heating and evolution of dislocations on these samples.
Reid, R. C., Piqué, A., Kang, W. A Novel Method for In Situ Electromechanical Characterization of Nanoscale Specimens. J. Vis. Exp. (124), e55735, doi:10.3791/55735 (2017).