supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos.10974139,10964002,11104247 and 11176020);the Provincial Natural Science Foundation of Guizhou (Grant Nos.[2009]2066 and TZJF-2008-42);the Provincial Natural Science Foundation of Hainan (Grant No.110001);the Provincial Natural Science Foundation of Chong Qing(Grant No.CSTCcstc2011jja90002);the Provincial Natural Science Foundation of Zhejiang (Grant No.Y201121807)
We investigate the elastic and thermodynamic properties of nanolaminate VzA1C by using the ab initio pseudopotential total energy method. The axial compressibility shows that the c axis is always stiffer than a axis. ...