Elastic properties of Ca-based metallic glasses predicted by first-principles simulations

M. Widom,1 B. Sauerwine,1 A. M. Cheung,2 S. J. Poon,3 P. Tong,3 D. Louca,3 and G. J. Shiflet2 1Department of Physics, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA 2Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22904, USA 3Department of Physics, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22904, USA (Received 10 January 2011; revised manuscript received 7 June 2011; published 15 August 2011)

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