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Bulk rutile RuO$_2$ has long been considered a Pauli paramagnet. Here we report that RuO$_2$ exhibits a hitherto undetected lattice distortion below approximately 900 K. The distortion is accompanied by antiferromagnetic order up to at…

Altermagnetism is a topic that has lately been gaining attention and the RuO$_2$ compound is among one of the most studied altermagnetic candidates. However, the survey of available literature on RuO$_2$ properties suggests that there is no…

Materials Science · Physics 2024-05-03 Andriy Smolyanyuk , Igor I. Mazin , Laura Garcia-Gassull , Roser Valentí

The magnetic properties of bulk RuO$_2$ remain a subject of active debate, despite its pivotal role in the emergence of altermagnetism. The latter is a novel paradigm in magnetic phases, characterized by the absence of net magnetization due…

Materials Science · Physics 2024-12-23 Samy Brahimi , Dibya Prakash Rai , Samir Lounis

Initially identified as a promising altermagnetic (AM) candidate, rutile RuO$_2$ has since become embroiled in controversy due to contradictory findings of modeling and measurements of the magnetic properties of bulk crystals and thin…

The coexistence of ferromagnetism and superconductivity in RuSr$_2$GdCu$_2$O$_8$ was reported both from experiments (by Tallon et. al.) and first-principles calculations (by Pickett et. al.). Here we report that our first-principles…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-10-31 K. Nakamura , K. T. Park , A. J. Freeman , J. D. Jorgensen

Rutile RuO$_2$ has attracted great interest recently, as its magnetic ground state remains controversial. Experimental studies have reported either nonmagnetic or altermagnetic (AM) ground states in different crystalline samples of RuO$_2$,…

Materials Science · Physics 2026-04-17 Yue-Fei Hou , Jiajun Lu , Xinfeng Chen , Gui-Bin Liu , Ping Zhang

Rutile RuO$_2$ has been proposed as an altermagnet, but its bulk magnetic ground state is still under debate because density-functional calculations give conflicting predictions. Using fixed-node diffusion quantum Monte Carlo, we find that…

Materials Science · Physics 2026-03-18 Jeonghwan Ahn , Seoung-Hun Kang , Panchapakesan Ganesh , Jaron T. Krogel

Ti substituting Ru in Sr$_2$RuO$_4$ in small concentrations induces incommensurate spin density wave order with a wave vector $\boldsymbol{Q} \simeq (2 \pi /3, 2 \pi /3)$ corresponding to the nesting vector of two out of three Fermi surface…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2021-06-02 Bastian Zinkl , Manfred Sigrist

Recently, the topic of altermagnetism has attracted tremendous attention and RuO2 have been demonstrated to be one of the most promising altermagnetic candidates. However, disputes still remain on the existence of magnetic order in RuO2.…

Altermagnetism is a newly identified phase of magnetism distinct from ferromagnetism and antiferromagnetism. RuO$_2$ has been considered a prototypical metallic altermagnet with a critical temperature higher than room temperature. Previous…

Materials Science · Physics 2025-09-17 Dai Q. Ho , D. Quang To , Ruiqi Hu , Garnett W. Bryant , Anderson Janotti

URu2Si2 is one of the most enigmatic strongly-correlated-electron systems and offers a fertile testing ground for new concepts in condensed matter science. In spite of >30 years of intense research, no consensus on the order parameter of…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2016-11-07 W. Knafo , F. Duc , F. Bourdarot , K. Kuwahara , H. Nojiri , D. Aoki , J. Billette , P. Frings , X. Tonon , E. Lelièvre-Berna , J. Flouquet , L. -P. Regnault

Altermagnets are a recently discovered class of magnetic material with great potential for applications in the field of spintronics, owing to their non-relativistic spin-splitting and simultaneous antiferromagnetic order. One of the most…

Altermagnets with compensated spin structures and nonrelativistic spin splitting have emerged as a new class of magnetic materials. Rutile OsO2 has been theoretically predicted to be altermagnetic, but experimental studies have been limited…

The spatially uniform electronic density characteristic of a metal can become unstable at low temperatures, leading to the formation of charge density waves (CDWs). These CDWs, observed in dichalcogenides, cuprates, and pnictides arise from…

Recently, rutile RuO$_2$ has attracted renewed interest due to expectations of prominent altermagnetic spin-splitting. However, accumulating experimental evidence suggests that in its bulk and thick-film forms, RuO$_2$ does not display any…

We study the instability in RuO$_2$ using the Hartree-Fock approximation followed by the random phase approximation. We employ a three-orbital Hubbard model without spin-orbit coupling. An analysis of the eigenvalues and eigenvectors of the…

Materials Science · Physics 2026-05-13 Diana Csontosová , Kyo-Hoon Ahn , Jan Kuneš

Creating a heterostructure by combining two magnetically and structurally distinct ruthenium oxides is a crucial approach for investigating their emergent magnetic states and interactions. Previously, research has predominantly concentrated…

UTe2 is a rare example of a correlated quantum material in which unconventional density wave orders, Kondo physics, spin-triplet pairing, and reentrant superconductivity coexist within the same electronic system. Its superconducting state…

The magnetic structure of RuO2 and the Ru atomic configuration are unknown. A magnetic structure is inferred by confronting measured and calculated Bragg diffraction patterns and adjusting the latter to achieve satisfactory agreement. An…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2023-06-22 S. W. Lovesey , D. D. Khalyavin , G. van der Laan

The binary ruthenate, RuO$_2$, has been the subject of intense interest due to its itinerant antiferromagnetism and strain-induced superconductivity. The strain mechanism and its effect on the microscopic electronic states leading to the…