Adding very small amounts of zinc to magnesium alloys containing rare earth elements dramatically improves their creep life. Here, the authors use first principles calculations and atomic-scale characterization to show that this is due to stiff covalent bonding of zinc and rare earth elements such as neodymium.
- Deep Choudhuri
- Srivilliputhur G. Srinivasan
- Rajarshi Banerjee
