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Chromium (Cr) is a transition metal element with 3$d$ orbital electrons. In most compounds containing Cr, due to the correlation effect, twofold features of localization and itinerancy are expected. The localization gives rise to a magnetic…
We report the physical properties and electronic structure calculations of a layered chromium oxypnictide, Sr$_2$Cr$_3$As$_2$O$_2$, which crystallizes in a Sr$_2$Mn$_3$As$_2$O$_2$-type structure containing both CrO$_2$ planes and…
The Nernst effect, the generation of a transverse electric voltage in the presence of longitudinal thermal gradient, has garnered significant attention in the realm of magnetic topological materials due to its superior potential for…
Ferromagnetic insulators (FM-Is) are the materials of interest for new generation quantum electronic applications. Here, we have investigated the physical observables depicting FM-I ground states in epitaxial Sm$ _{2} $NiMnO$ _{6} $ (SNMO)…
We present a theoretical analysis of the role that strain plays on the electronic structure of chromium nitride crystals. We use LSDA+U calculations to study the elastic constants, deforma- tion potentials and strain dependence of electron…
Metallic ferromagnets with strongly interacting electrons often exhibit remarkable electronic phases such as ferromagnetic superconductivity, complex spin textures, and nontrivial topology. In this report, we discuss the synthesis of a…
We have successfully calculated the electronic and structural properties of chromia (Cr_2O_3) in the Local Spin Density Approximation (LSDA). We predict a transformation from the corundum to the Rh_2O_3(II) structure around 15 GPa in the…
Structural phase transitions in $f$-electron materials have attracted sustained attention both for practical and basic science reasons, including that they offer an environment to directly investigate relationships between structure and the…
Tailoring the magnetic properties of chromium tellurides via heterointercalation with extrinsic transition metals remains largely unexplored. Here, we report a comprehensive investigation of trigonal Cr$_5$Te$_8$ and Cr$_4$MnTe$_8$ single…
First-principles calculations are used to investigate the magnetic properties of Ti$_{1-x}$Cr$_{x}$N solid solutions. We show that the magnetic interactions between Cr spins that favour antiferromagnetism in CrN is changed upon alloying…
We investigate the spectral evolution of an antiferromagnetic insulator, La$_{0.2}$Sr$_{0.8}$MnO$_3$ exhibiting linear specific heat using state-of-the-art high resolution photoemission spectroscopy. Experimental spectral functions exhibit…
Two-dimensional (2D) transition metal nitrides have a wide prospect of applications in the fields of physics, chemistry, materials, etc. However, 2D transition metal nitrides with strong magnetism, especially high N$\rm \acute{e}$el…
We investigated pressure effects on the nontrivial heavy-fermion antiferromagnet CeMnSi by means of electrical resistivity and powder X-ray diffraction. With increasing pressure, the antiferromagnetic order of Mn (T_N ~ 240 K at ambient…
Measurements of magnetic susceptibility, specific heat, and electrical resistivity at applied pressures up to 55 kbar have been carried out on single crystals of the heavy-fermion antiferromagnet U_3Ni_5Al_19, which crystallizes in the…
The gigantic reduction of the electric resistivity under the applied magnetic field, CMR effect, is now widely accepted to appear in the vicinity of the insulator to metal transition of the perovskite manganites. Recently, we have…
The electronic structure of the Cr ions in the diluted ferromagnetic semiconductor Zn$_{1-x}$Cr$_x$Te ($x=0.03$ and 0.15) thin films has been investigated using x-ray magnetic circular dichroism (XMCD) and photoemission spectroscopy (PES).…
The polarized optical reflectance spectra of the quasi two dimensional organic correlated electron system $\kappa$-(BEDT-TTF)$_{2}$Cu[N(CN)$_{2}$]$Y$, $Y =$ Br and Cl are measured in the infrared region. The former shows the…
Materials where localized magnetic moments are coupled to itinerant electrons, the so-called Kondo lattice materials, provide a very rich backdrop for strong electron correlations. They are known to realize many exotic phenomena, including…
We report on the structural, electrical transport, and magnetic properties of antiferromagnetic transition-metal monochalcogenide Cr$_{0.79}$Se. Different from the existing off-stoichiometric compositions, Cr$_{0.79}$Se is found to be…
A magneto-structural phase transition is investigated in single crystal CrN thin films grown by rf plasma molecular beam epitaxy on MgO(001) substrates. While still within the vacuum environment following MBE growth, $\it in-situ$…