First-principles investigations on structural stability, mechanical, and thermodynamic properties of LaT2Al20 (T = Ti, V, Cr, Nb, and Ta) intermetallic cage compounds<xref rid="cpb_27_12_126201_fn1" ref-type="fn">*</xref><fn id="cpb_27_12_126201_fn1"><label>*</label> Project supported by the Program for Ph. D Start-up Fund of Liaoning Province of China (Grant No. 201601161).</fn>

First-principles investigations on structural stability, mechanical, and thermodynamic properties of LaT₂Al₂₀ (T = Ti, V, Cr, Nb, and Ta) intermetallic cage compounds**

Project supported by the Program for Ph. D Start-up Fund of Liaoning Province of China (Grant No. 201601161).

Quan Shanyu¹, Zhang Xudong^{1, †}, Liu Cong¹, Jiang Wei^{1, 2}

(color online) (a)–(f) The surface contours of the Young’s modulus for LaTi₂Al₂₀ (a), LaV₂Al₂₀ (b), LaCr₂Al₂₀ (c), LaNb₂Al₂₀ (d), LaTa₂Al₂₀ (e), and Al (f).