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A Semicontinuum Model for Si_xGe_{1 - x} Alloys: Calculation of Their Elastic Characteristics and the Strain Field at the Free Surface of a Semi-Infinite Alloy

V.K. Tewary¹, M. D. Vaudin²

1 Materials Reliability Division, National Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST), Boulder, CO 80305, USA
2 Ceramics Division, National Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST), Gaithersburg, MD 20899, USA