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Ab Initio calculation of elastic and electromechanical constants of langasite family crystals

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Elastic and electromechanical (piezoelectric) constants for six langasite family crystals Ca3TaGa3Si2O14, Sr3TaGa3Si2O14, Ba3TaGa3Si2O14, La3Ta0.5Ga5.5O14, La3Nb0.5Ga5.5O14, La3Ga5SiO14 are calculated within the density-functional perturbation theory.

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Original Russian Text © A.P. Dudka, 2012, published in Kristallografiya, 2012, Vol. 57, No. 1, pp. 138–140.

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Dudka, A.P. Ab Initio calculation of elastic and electromechanical constants of langasite family crystals. Crystallogr. Rep. 57, 131–133 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1134/S106377451106006X

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