Elastic properties of MgxTi1−xB2(0⩽x⩽1)studied by first-principles calculations

Elastic properties of MgxTi1−xB2(0 x 1) studied by first-principles calculations David Groh,1 William J. Slough,1 Ravindra Pandey,1,* Shashi P. Karna,2 and Dattatraya Dandekar2,† 1Department of Physics, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, Michigan 49931, USA 2US Army Research Laboratory, Weapons and Materials Research Directorate, AMSRD-ARL-WM, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland 21005, USA (Received 27 October 2010; revised manuscript received 25 January 2011; published 15 March 2011)

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