Research Article

Electronic, Elastic, Optical, and Thermodynamic Properties Study of Ytterbium Chalcogenides Using Density Functional Theory

Table 3

Elastic constants of ytterbium chalcogenides.

CompoundC11 (GPa)C12 (GPa)C44 (GPa)
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YbS133.41910.244731.458
YbSe113.436116.66.3491225.79322.8
YbTe90.43893.66.1056.717.50416.3

Experimental report [27].