AActa Materialia3/17/2026Deciphering the origins of anisotropic brittleness and incipient plasticity in fluorite-structured MF2 (M = Ca, Sr, Ba): A first-principles study of bonding-controlled cleavage-slip competitionShukuan Guo·Liangbi Su Liangbi Su·Huamin Kou·Bo Zhang·Zhen Zhang·Dapeng Jiang·Zhonghan Zhang·Yeqi ZhuoRead at Acta MaterialiaTagsMetal and Thin Film MechanicsMechanics of Materials