ABSTRACT
Nanocrystalline (nc) materials are super-materials with grain size under 100nm. This small grain size causes the materials to exhibit very high hardness and strength which could be advantageous for many applications. Additionally, the fine grain structure might also create more homogenous material properties for small features on mesoscale parts. These features are often small enough that they consist of only a few grains across their width causing the material to behave differently than would be predicted by analyses using bulk material properties.
