scholarly journals Effective masses and electronic structure of diamond including electron correlation effects in first principles calculations using the GW-approximation

AIP Advances ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 032139 ◽  
Author(s):  
Henrik Löfås ◽  
Anton Grigoriev ◽  
Jan Isberg ◽  
Rajeev Ahuja
Keyword(s):  
Electronic Structure ◽  
Electron Correlation ◽  
First Principles ◽  
First Principles Calculations ◽  
Correlation Effects ◽  
Gw Approximation ◽  
Effective Masses ◽  
Electron Correlation Effects

First-principles Study of the Electronic Structure and Local Moment Interactions in PuAm Alloy

2008 ◽  
Vol 1104 ◽  
Author(s):  
Myung Joon Han ◽  
Xiangang Wan ◽  
Sergej Y Savrasov
Keyword(s):  
Electronic Structure ◽  
First Principles ◽  
Local Density ◽  
Exchange Interactions ◽  
Kondo Lattice ◽  
First Principles Calculations ◽  
Correlation Effects ◽  
Self Consistent ◽  
5F Electrons ◽  
Zero Moment

AbstractExpected to provide a clue about the origin of zero moment in the bulk phase of Plutonium, Pu1-xAmx alloys have attracted a great attention, in which upon doping the system transforms from the Kondo lattice to the diluted impurity limit. To understand the electronic structure and the magnetic properties of Pu in different crystal environments, we performed fully self-consistent first-principles calculations of the PuAm system based on the local density approximation (LDA) combined with static (LDA+U) and dynamic corrections (LDA+DMFT) for on-site electron correlations. The electronic structure strongly depends on the level of approximation for correlation effects. The exchange interactions between Pu 5f electrons and the Kondo screening strength were estimated and compared, which provide a new insight to Pu magnetism.

Electron correlation effects in the MAX phase Cr2AlC from first-principles

2011 ◽  
Vol 109 (6) ◽  
pp. 063707 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y. L. Du ◽  
Z. M. Sun ◽  
H. Hashimoto ◽  
M. W. Barsoum
Keyword(s):  
Electron Correlation ◽  
First Principles ◽  
Max Phase ◽  
Correlation Effects ◽  
Electron Correlation Effects

Electronic Structure, Effective Masses and Optical Properties of Monoclinic HfO2 from First-Principles Calculations

2011 ◽  
Vol 216 ◽  
pp. 341-344 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qi Jun Liu ◽  
Zheng Tang Liu ◽  
Li Ping Feng
Keyword(s):  
Optical Properties ◽  
Electronic Structure ◽  
Band Structure ◽  
First Principles ◽  
Density Functional ◽  
First Principles Calculations ◽  
Functional Theory ◽  
Effective Masses ◽  
Indirect Band Gap ◽  
Calculated Equilibrium

Electronic structure, effective masses and optical properties of monoclinic HfO2were studied using the plane-wave ultrasoft pseudopotential technique based on the first-principles density-functional theory (DFT). The calculated equilibrium lattice parameters are in agreement with the previous works. From the band structure, the effective masses and optical properties are obtained. The calculated band structure shows that monoclinic HfO2has indirect band gap and all of the effective masses of electrons and holes are less than that of a free electron. The peaks position distributions of imaginary parts of the complex dielectric function have been explained according to the theory of crystal-field and molecular-orbital bonding.

Electronic structure and transport properties of ternary skutterudite: CoX3/2Y3/2

2009 ◽  
Vol 1166 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dmitri Volja ◽  
Marco Fornari ◽  
Boris Kozinsky ◽  
Nicola Marzari
Keyword(s):  
Electronic Structure ◽  
Transport Properties ◽  
Valence Band ◽  
Power Factor ◽  
First Principles ◽  
First Principles Calculations ◽  
Wannier Functions ◽  
Effective Masses ◽  
Fundamental Cause ◽  
Parabolic Dispersion

AbstractElectronic properties of ternary skutterudites AX3/2Y3/2 (A=Co, X=Ge, Sn and Y=S, Te) are investigated using first principles calculations to clarify recent experimental results. Band derivatives are computed accurately within an approach based on Maximally Localized Wannier Functions (MLWFs). Band structures exhibit larger effective masses compared to parental binary CoSb3. Our results also indicate a more parabolic dispersion near the top of the valence band and a multivalley character in both conduction and valence band. Despite the improved thermopower these skutterudites has relatively low power factor due to increased resistivity. The fundamental cause of such large resistivity seems to be associated with the ionicity of the bonding.

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