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\bibitem[{\citenamefont{Tsai et~al.}(2000)\citenamefont{Tsai, Guo, Abe,
  Takakura, and Sato}}]{Tsai}
\bibinfo{author}{\bibfnamefont{A.~P.} \bibnamefont{Tsai}},
  \bibinfo{author}{\bibfnamefont{J.~Q.} \bibnamefont{Guo}},
  \bibinfo{author}{\bibfnamefont{E.}~\bibnamefont{Abe}},
  \bibinfo{author}{\bibfnamefont{H.}~\bibnamefont{Takakura}}, \bibnamefont{and}
  \bibinfo{author}{\bibfnamefont{T.~J.} \bibnamefont{Sato}},
  \bibinfo{journal}{Nature} \textbf{\bibinfo{volume}{408}},
  \bibinfo{pages}{537} (\bibinfo{year}{2000}).

\bibitem[{\citenamefont{Guo et~al.}(2000)\citenamefont{Guo, Abe, and
  Tsai}}]{Guo}
\bibinfo{author}{\bibfnamefont{J.~Q.} \bibnamefont{Guo}},
  \bibinfo{author}{\bibfnamefont{E.}~\bibnamefont{Abe}}, \bibnamefont{and}
  \bibinfo{author}{\bibfnamefont{A.~P.} \bibnamefont{Tsai}},
  \bibinfo{journal}{Phys. Rev. B} \textbf{\bibinfo{volume}{62}},
  \bibinfo{pages}{R14605} (\bibinfo{year}{2000}).

\bibitem[{\citenamefont{Jiang et~al.}(2001)\citenamefont{Jiang, Jensen,
  Rasmussen, and Gerward}}]{Jiang}
\bibinfo{author}{\bibfnamefont{J.~Z.} \bibnamefont{Jiang}},
  \bibinfo{author}{\bibfnamefont{C.~H.} \bibnamefont{Jensen}},
  \bibinfo{author}{\bibfnamefont{A.~R.} \bibnamefont{Rasmussen}},
  \bibnamefont{and} \bibinfo{author}{\bibfnamefont{L.}~\bibnamefont{Gerward}},
  \bibinfo{journal}{Appl. Phys. Lett.} \textbf{\bibinfo{volume}{78}},
  \bibinfo{pages}{1856} (\bibinfo{year}{2001}).

\bibitem[{\citenamefont{Villars}(1997)}]{Pearson}
\bibinfo{author}{\bibfnamefont{P.}~\bibnamefont{Villars}},
  \emph{\bibinfo{title}{Pearson's Handbook, Desk Edition}}
  (\bibinfo{publisher}{ASM International}, \bibinfo{address}{Materials Park,
  Ohio}, \bibinfo{year}{1997}).

\bibitem[{\citenamefont{T.B.~Massalski}(1990)}]{BinaryPD}
\bibinfo{editor}{\bibfnamefont{e.~a.} \bibnamefont{T.B.~Massalski}}, ed.,
  \emph{\bibinfo{title}{Binary Alloy Phase Diagrams}} (\bibinfo{publisher}{ASM
  International}, \bibinfo{address}{Materials Park, Ohio},
  \bibinfo{year}{1990}).

\bibitem[{\citenamefont{Gomez and Lidin}(2003)}]{Gomez}
\bibinfo{author}{\bibfnamefont{C.~P.} \bibnamefont{Gomez}} \bibnamefont{and}
  \bibinfo{author}{\bibfnamefont{S.}~\bibnamefont{Lidin}},
  \bibinfo{journal}{Phys. Rev. B} \textbf{\bibinfo{volume}{68}},
  \bibinfo{pages}{024203} (\bibinfo{year}{2003}).

\bibitem[{\citenamefont{Day}(2001)}]{PhysicsToday}
\bibinfo{author}{\bibfnamefont{C.}~\bibnamefont{Day}},
  \bibinfo{journal}{Physics Today} \textbf{\bibinfo{volume}{54}},
  \bibinfo{pages}{17} (\bibinfo{year}{2001}).

\bibitem[{\citenamefont{Tamura et~al.}(2002)\citenamefont{Tamura, Murao,
  Takeuchi et~al.}}]{Tamura}
\bibinfo{author}{\bibfnamefont{R.}~\bibnamefont{Tamura}},
  \bibinfo{author}{\bibfnamefont{Y.}~\bibnamefont{Murao}},
  \bibinfo{author}{\bibfnamefont{S.}~\bibnamefont{Takeuchi}},
  \bibnamefont{et~al.}, \bibinfo{journal}{Jpn. J. Appl. Phys.}
  \textbf{\bibinfo{volume}{41}}, \bibinfo{pages}{L524} (\bibinfo{year}{2002}).

\bibitem[{\citenamefont{Tamura et~al.}(2003)\citenamefont{Tamura, Edagawa,
  Aoki, Takeuchi, and Suzuki}}]{Tamura2}
\bibinfo{author}{\bibfnamefont{R.}~\bibnamefont{Tamura}},
  \bibinfo{author}{\bibfnamefont{K.}~\bibnamefont{Edagawa}},
  \bibinfo{author}{\bibfnamefont{C.}~\bibnamefont{Aoki}},
  \bibinfo{author}{\bibfnamefont{S.}~\bibnamefont{Takeuchi}}, \bibnamefont{and}
  \bibinfo{author}{\bibfnamefont{K.}~\bibnamefont{Suzuki}},
  \bibinfo{journal}{Phys. Rev. B}  (\bibinfo{year}{2003}).

\bibitem[{\citenamefont{Kresse and Hafner}(1993)}]{VASP1}
\bibinfo{author}{\bibfnamefont{G.}~\bibnamefont{Kresse}} \bibnamefont{and}
  \bibinfo{author}{\bibfnamefont{J.}~\bibnamefont{Hafner}},
  \bibinfo{journal}{Phys.\ Rev. B} \textbf{\bibinfo{volume}{47}},
  \bibinfo{pages}{RC558} (\bibinfo{year}{1993}), \bibinfo{note}{\citet{VASP2}}.

\bibitem[{\citenamefont{Kresse and Furthmuller}(1996)}]{VASP2}
\bibinfo{author}{\bibfnamefont{G.}~\bibnamefont{Kresse}} \bibnamefont{and}
  \bibinfo{author}{\bibfnamefont{J.}~\bibnamefont{Furthmuller}},
  \bibinfo{journal}{Phys. Rev. B} \textbf{\bibinfo{volume}{54}},
  \bibinfo{pages}{11169} (\bibinfo{year}{1996}).

\bibitem[{\citenamefont{Vanderbilt}(1990)}]{USPP1}
\bibinfo{author}{\bibfnamefont{D.}~\bibnamefont{Vanderbilt}},
  \bibinfo{journal}{Phys.\ Rev. B} \textbf{\bibinfo{volume}{41}},
  \bibinfo{pages}{7892} (\bibinfo{year}{1990}).

\bibitem[{\citenamefont{Kresse and Hafner}(1994)}]{USPP2}
\bibinfo{author}{\bibfnamefont{G.}~\bibnamefont{Kresse}} \bibnamefont{and}
  \bibinfo{author}{\bibfnamefont{J.}~\bibnamefont{Hafner}},
  \bibinfo{journal}{J. Phys. Condens. Matter} \textbf{\bibinfo{volume}{6}},
  \bibinfo{pages}{8245} (\bibinfo{year}{1994}).

\bibitem[{\citenamefont{Kresse and Joubert}(1999)}]{PAW1}
\bibinfo{author}{\bibfnamefont{G.}~\bibnamefont{Kresse}} \bibnamefont{and}
  \bibinfo{author}{\bibfnamefont{J.}~\bibnamefont{Joubert}},
  \bibinfo{journal}{Phys. Rev. B} \textbf{\bibinfo{volume}{59}},
  \bibinfo{pages}{1758} (\bibinfo{year}{1999}).

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