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In this study, we report the observation of a pseudogap associated with the insulator-metal transition in compositions of Pr$_{1-x}$Sr$_x$MnO$_3$ system with no charge ordering. Our valence band photoemission study shows that the observed…
We calculate the magnetic interactions between two nearest neighbor substitutional magnetic ions (Co or Mn) in ZnO by means of density functional theory and compare it with the available experimental data. Using the local spin density…
The band structure of the new perovskite-like superconductor MgCNi$_{3}$ was studied by the self-consistent FP-LMTO method. The superconducting properties of MgCNi$_{3}$ are associated with an intensive peak in the density of Ni3d states…
Motivated by the experimental detection of superconductivity in the low-carrier density half-Heusler compound YPtBi, we study the pairing instabilities of three-dimensional strongly spin-orbit coupled semimetals with a quadratic band…
We study the spin exchange between two electrons localized in separate quantum dots in graphene. The electronic states in the conduction band are coupled indirectly by tunneling to a common continuum of delocalized states in the valence…
We study the ground-state properties of the double-chain Hubbard model coupled with ferromagnetic exchange interaction by using the weak-coupling theory, density-matrix renormalization group technique, and Lanczos exact-diagonalization…
We present a joint experimental and computational study of the recently synthesized spin 1/2 system silver-copper-orthovanadate AgCuVO4 [A. M\"oller and J. Jainski, Z. Anorg. Allg. Chem. 634, 1669 (2008)] exhibiting chains of trans…
V 3$d$ charge and orbital states in V$_2$OPO$_4$ have been investigated by means of x-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS). The electronic structure of V$_2$OPO$_4$ is very unique in that the charge transfer between V$^{2+}$ and V$^{3+}$ in…
The spin-wave spectrum in the metallic ferromagnetic lantha-num cubic manganites was investigated. The interactions with four coordination spheres (32 neighbors) were taken into ac-count. The Heisenberg superexchange between all manganese…
We explore the spin superfluid transport in exchange interaction dominated three-sublattice antiferromagnets. The system in the long-wavelength regime is described by an $SO(3)$ invariant field theory. Additional corrections from…
The low-temperature properties of the so-called ''charge ordered'' state in 50% doped perovskite manganites are described from the viewpoint of the magnetic spin ordering. In these systems, the zigzag antiferromagnetic ordering, combined…
Spin-orbit interaction established itself as a major role player for emergent phenomena in modern condensed matter including a topological insulator, spin liquid and spin-dependent transports. However, its function is rather limited to…
The puzzle of 3D magnetic interactions in the structurally 2D layered oxide Na$_{x}$CoO$_2$ is addressed using first principles calculations and analysis of the exchange mechanisms. The calculations agree with recent neutron results,…
The mechanisms of magnetic and orbital interactions due to double exchange (DE) and superexchange (SE) in transition metal oxides with degenerate e_g orbitals are presented. Specifically, we study the effective spin-orbital models derived…
LiV_2 O_4 is one of the most puzzling compounds among transition metal oxides because of its heavy fermion like behavior at low temperatures. In this paper we present results for the orbital state and magnetic properties of LiV_2 O_4…
The angular and temperature dependences of single crystal ESR spectra at X-band frequency of quasi 1D spin 1/2 antiferromagnetic zigzag chain system {\beta}-TeVO4 are reported. Two resonance components in the ESR spectrum have been…
The magnetic properties of a nanoscale system are inextricably linked to its local environment. In ad-atoms on surfaces and inorganic layered structures the exchange interactions result from the relative lattice positions, layer thicknesses…
$\gamma$-triclinic and $\alpha$-monoclinic polymorphs of CoV$_{2}$O$_{6}$ are two of the few known transition metal ion based materials that display stepped $1/3$ magnetization plateaus at low temperatures. Neutron diffraction [M. Markkula…
We investigate the electronic structure of Sr$_3$NiRhO$_6$, a quasi-one-dimensional spin chain system using \emph{ab initio} band structure calculations. Spin polarized calculations within GGA reveal that Ni and Rh have finite moments and…
Recent neutron scattering experiments on V2O3 show that the magnetic fluctuations on the metallic side of the antiferromagnetic metal-insulator transition are not related to the spin structure of the insulator, but rather to the…