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The stability of ferromagnetism at the surface at finite temperatures is investigated within the strongly correlated Hubbard model on a semi-infinite lattice. Due to the reduced surface coordination number the effective Coulomb correlation…
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We present a tight-binding potential for transition metals, carbon, and transition metal carbides, which has been optimized through a systematic fitting procedure. A minimal basis, including the s, p electrons of carbon and the d electrons…
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We study the influence of Coulomb correlations on spectral and magnetic properties of fcc cobalt using a combination of density functional theory and dynamical mean-field theory. The computed uniform and local magnetic susceptibilities obey…
A detailed and systematic density-functional theory (DFT) study of a series of early transition-metal carbides (TMC's) in the NaCl structure is presented. The focus is on the trends in the electronic structure and nature of bonding, which…
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We reanalyze the condition for metallic ferromagnetism in the framework of the tight-binding approximation and investigate the consequences of the inter-site Coulomb interactions using the Hartree-Fock approximation. We first consider a…
We present a study of the electronic and magnetic properties of the multiple-decker sandwich nanowires ($CP-M$) composed of cyclopentadienyl (CP) rings and 3d transition metal atoms (M=Ti to Ni) using first-principles techniques. We…
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The energy spectrum and eigenstates of single-layer black phosphorous nanoribbons in the presence of perpendicular magnetic field and in-plane transverse electric field are investigated by means of a tight-binding method and the effect of…
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