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Ferropericlase (fp), (Mg$_{1-x}$Fe$_x$)O, the second most abundant mineral in the Earth's lower mantle, is expected to be an essential component of super-Earths' mantles. Here we present an ab initio investigation of the structure and…
Spin crossover of iron is of central importance in solid Earth geophysics. It impacts all physical properties of minerals that altogether constitute $\sim 95$ vol\% of the Earth's lower mantle: ferropericlase [(Mg,Fe)O] and Fe-bearing…
Ferropericlase, (Mg,Fe)O, is the second-most abundant mineral of the Earth's lower mantle. With increasing pressure, the Fe ions in the material begin to collapse from a magnetic to non-magnetic spin state. We present a finite-temperature…
The Earth's lower mantle hosts a subtle but pervasive quantum phenomenon: the pressure-induced spin crossover of iron in its dominant minerals, bridgmanite and ferropericlase. In this transition, iron ions gradually shift from high-spin to…
Iron-bearing oxides undergo a series of pressure-induced electronic, spin and structural transitions that can cause seismic anomalies and dynamic instabilities in Earth's mantle and outer core. We employ x-ray diffraction and x-ray emission…
Earth's interior consists primarily of an insulating rocky mantle and a metallic iron-dominant core. Recent work has shown that mountain-scale structures at the core-mantle boundary may be highly enriched in FeO reported to exhibit high…
Earth's lower mantle is generally believed to be seismically and chemically homogeneous because most of the key seismic parameters can be explained using a simplified mineralogical model at expected press-temperature conditions. However,…
Ferropericlase (Fp), (Mg$_\mathrm{1-x}$Fe$_\mathrm{x}$)O, is the second most abundant phase in the Earths lower mantle. At relevant pressure-temperature conditions, iron in Fp undergoes a high spin (HS), S=2, to low spin (LS), S=0, state…
Fe-bearing MgO [(Mg$_{1-x}$Fe$_x$)O] is considered a major constituent of terrestrial exoplanets. Crystallizing in the B1 structure in the Earth's lower mantle, (Mg$_{1-x}$Fe$_x$)O undergoes a high-spin ($S=2$) to low-spin ($S=0$)…
Iron spin transition directly affects properties of lower mantle minerals and can thus alter geophysical and geochemical characteristics of the deep Earth. While the spin transition in ferropericlase has been vigorously established at P ~…
Thermal conductivity of Earths lower mantle controls heat transfer across the core-mantle boundary (CMB) and strongly influences mantle convection. We report direct measurements of the thermal conductivity of single-crystal ferropericlase…
Ferropericlase (Mg,Fe)O is a major lower mantle mineral, and studying its properties is a fundamental step toward understanding the Earth's interior. Here, we performed a first-principles investigation on the properties of iron as an…
The magnetic pyrochlore oxide materials of general chemical formula R2Ti2O7 and R2Sn2O7 (R = rare earth) display a host of interesting physical behaviours depending on the flavour of rare earth ion. These properties depend on the value of…
We present a detailed theoretical study of the electronic, magnetic, and structural properties of magnesiow\"ustite Fe$_{1-x}$Mg$_x$O with $x$ in the range between 0$-$0.875 using a fully charge self-consistent implementation of the density…
The thermoelastic properties of ferropericlase Mg1-xFexO (x = 0.1875) throughout the iron high-to-low spin crossover have been investigated by first principles at Earth's lower mantle conditions. This crossover has important consequences…
We demonstrate that the thermopower (S) can be used to probe the spin fluctuations (SFs) in proximity to the quantum critical point (QCP) in Fe-based superconductors. The sensitivity of S to the entropy of charge carriers allows us to…
The results of magnetic and spectral properties calculation for paramagnetic phase of ferropericlase (Fe$_{1/4}$Mg$_{3/4}$)O at ambient and high pressures are reported. Calculations were performed by combined Local Density Approximation +…
Hexagonal ferrites do not only have enormous commercial impact ({\pounds}2 billion/year in sales) due to applications that include ultra-high density memories, credit card stripes, magnetic bar codes, small motors and low-loss microwave…
Using density functional theory plus Hubbard $U$ calculations, we show that the ground state of (Mg,Fe)(Si,Fe)O$_3$ perovskite, a major mineral phase in the Earth's lower mantle, has high-spin ferric iron ($S=5/2$) at both the dodecahedral…
We report a systematic study of high magnetic field specific heat and resistivity in single crystals of CeCoIn_5 for the field oriented in the basal plane (H//ab) of this tetragonal heavy fermion superconductor. We observe a divergent…