First principles study of ceramic materials (IVB group carbides) under ultrafast laser irradiation

He Nan-Lin¹, Cheng Xin-Lu^{1, 2, †}, Zhang Hong^{1, 2, 3}, Yan Gai-Qin³, Zhang Jia¹

(color online) Electronic temperature-dependent elastic moduli, Debye temperature Θ_D, and melting temperature T_m in (a) and (b) TiC, (c) and (d) ZrC, and (e) and (f) HfC.