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We re-examine the commonly used density functional theory plus Hubbard \textit{U} (DFT$+U$) method for the case of non-collinear magnets. While many studies neglect to explicitly include the exchange correction parameter \textit{J}, or…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2025-06-10 Eric Bousquet , Nicola Spaldin

We present a DFT study utilizing the Hubbard U correction to probe structural and magnetic disorder in $\mathrm{NaO_{2}}$, primary discharge product of Na-O$_2$ batteries. We show that $\mathrm{NaO_{2}}$ exhibits a large degree of…

Materials Science · Physics 2018-09-12 Oleg Sapunkov , Vikram Pande , Abhishek Khetan , Venkatasubramanian Viswanathan

In this work using the density functional theory (DFT), we have studied the structural, electronic and magnetic properties of uranium dioxide with antiferromagnetic 1k-, 2k-, and 3k-order structures. Ordinary approximations in DFT, such as…

Materials Science · Physics 2020-08-25 Samira Sheykhi , Mahmoud Payami

In this work, we report the pressure dependence of the effective Coulomb interaction parameters (Hubbard U) in paramagnetic NiO within the constrained random phase approximation (cRPA). We consider five different low energy models starting…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2017-08-02 S. K. Panda , H. Jiang , S. Biermann

We present and discuss results of a density functional theory (DFT) study of a perfect UO2 crystals and He atoms in octahedral interstitial positions. We have calculated basic bulk crystal properties and He incorporation energies into the…

Materials Science · Physics 2019-03-27 Denis Gryaznov , Eugene Heifets , Eugene Kotomin

LDA+DMFT, the computation scheme merging the local density approximation and the dynamical mean-field theory, is employed to calculate spectra both below and above the Fermi energy and spin and orbital occupations in the correlated…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2009-11-10 G. Keller , K. Held , V. Eyert , D. Vollhardt , V. I. Anisimov

We have revisited the valence band electronic structure of NiO by means of hard x-ray photoemission spectroscopy (HAXPES) together with theoretical calculations using both the GW method and the local density approximation + dynamical…

We present inelastic neutron scattering and magnetization measurements of the antiferromagnetic insulator LaMnPO that are well described by a Heisenberg spin model. These measurements are consistent with the presence of two-dimensional…

We analyze possible ways to calculate magnetic exchange interactions within the density functional theory plus dynamical mean-field theory (DFT+DMFT) approach in the paramagnetic phase. Using the susceptibilities obtained within the ladder…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2023-06-09 A. A. Katanin , A. S. Belozerov , A. I. Lichtenstein , M. I. Katsnelson

Motivated by the puzzling report of the observation of a ferromagnetic insulating state in LaMnO$_3$/SrTiO$_3$ heterostructures, we calculate the electronic and magnetic state of LaMnO$_3$, coherently matched to a SrTiO$_3$ square substrate…

Materials Science · Physics 2019-09-25 Hrishit Banerjee , Oleg Janson , Karsten Held , Tanusri Saha-Dasgupta

In non-self-consistent calculations of the total energy within the random-phase approximation (RPA) for electronic correlation, it is necessary to choose a single-particle Hamiltonian whose solutions are used to construct the electronic…

Materials Science · Physics 2016-01-28 Christopher E. Patrick , Kristian S. Thygesen

We demonstrate that a dynamical modification of the Hubbard U in the model charge-transfer insulator NiO can be observed with state-of-the-art time-resolved absorption spectroscopy. Using a self-consistent time-dependent density functional…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2020-09-09 Nicolas Tancogne-Dejean , Michael A. Sentef , Angel Rubio

The magnetic properties of CrI$_3$ monolayers, which were recently measured, have been investigated considering electronic repulsion and localization effects in Cr 3d orbitals. In this study, we propose a DFT approach using Hubbard U…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-12-16 Diego Lauer , Jhon W. González , Eric Suárez Morell , Andrés Ayuela

We present an approach to the DFT+U method (Density Functional Theory + Hubbard model) within which the computational effort for calculation of ground state energies and forces scales linearly with system size. We employ a formulation of…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2012-02-14 David D. O'Regan , Nicholas D. M. Hine , Mike C. Payne , Arash A. Mostofi

We study the equilibrium dynamics of magnetic moments in the Mott insulating phase of the Hubbard model on the square and triangular lattice. We rewrite the Hubbard interaction in terms of an auxiliary vector field and use a recently…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2021-12-16 Sauri Bhattacharyya , Pinaki Majumdar

In LiNiO$_2$ Ni$^{3+}$ ion has $d^7$ configuration in cubic crystal field with one electron on double degenerate $e_g$ orbitals, and such ion is considered to be Jahn-Teller (JT) active. However despite the fact, that this compound is an…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2019-01-09 Dm. M. Korotin , D. Novoselov , V. I. Anisimov

The recent discovery of superconductivity in hole-doped NdNiO$_2$ thin films has captivated the condensed matter physics community. Such compounds with a formal Ni$^+$ valence have been theoretically proposed as possible analogues of the…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2020-12-29 Francesco Petocchi , Viktor Christiansson , Fredrik Nilsson , Ferdi Aryasetiawan , Philipp Werner

Rare-earth oxides (REOs) are an important class of materials owing to their unique properties, including high ionic conductivities, large dielectric constants, and elevated melting temperatures, making them relevant to several technological…

While the phase diagrams of the one- and multi-orbital Hubbard model have been well studied, the physics of real Mott insulators is often much richer, material dependent, and poorly understood. In the prototype Mott insulator…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2018-09-06 Frank Lechermann , Noam Bernstein , I. I. Mazin , Roser Valentí

The pressure-driven insulator-metal transition is a crucial topic in condensed matter physics. However, even for the prototypical strongly correlated system, NiO, the critical pressure for transition remains debated. In this work, we…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2025-05-30 Bei-Lei Liu , Yue-Chao Wang , Yuan-Ji Xu , Xingyu Gao , Hai-Feng Liu , Hai-Feng Song