Constrained density functional theory

B Kaduk, T Kowalczyk, T Van Voorhis - Chemical reviews, 2012 - ACS Publications
Among the diverse and ever-expanding array of approaches to the electronic structure
problem, the rise of approximate density functional theory (DFT) as the method of choice for …

Nanoscale mechanics of antiferromagnetic domain walls

N Hedrich, K Wagner, OV Pylypovskyi, BJ Shields… - Nature Physics, 2021 - nature.com
Antiferromagnets can encode information in their ordered magnetic structure, providing the
basis for future spintronic devices,–. The control and understanding of antiferromagnetic …

Surface-Symmetry-Driven Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya Interaction and Canted Ferrimagnetism in Collinear Magnetoelectric Antiferromagnet

OV Pylypovskyi, SF Weber, P Makushko… - Physical Review Letters, 2024 - APS
Antiferromagnets are normally thought of as materials with compensated magnetic
sublattices. This adds to their technological advantages but complicates readout of the …

Electronic and magnetic properties of Ti2O3, Cr2O3, and Fe2O3 calculated by the screened exchange hybrid density functional

Y Guo, SJ Clark, J Robertson - Journal of Physics: Condensed …, 2012 - iopscience.iop.org
The electronic and magnetic properties of the transition metal sesqui-oxides Cr 2 O 3, Ti 2 O
3, and Fe 2 O 3 have been calculated using the screened exchange (sX) hybrid density …

Magnetophononics: Ultrafast spin control through the lattice

M Fechner, A Sukhov, L Chotorlishvili, C Kenel… - Physical review …, 2018 - APS
Using a combination of first-principles and magnetization-dynamics calculations, we study
the effect of the intense optical excitation of phonons on the magnetic behavior in insulating …

Imaging and Control of Surface Magnetization Domains<? format?> in a Magnetoelectric Antiferromagnet

N Wu, X He, AL Wysocki, U Lanke, T Komesu… - Physical review …, 2011 - APS
We report the direct observation of surface magnetization domains of the magnetoelectric Cr
2 O 3 using photoemission electron microscopy with magnetic circular dichroism contrast …

Uncovering electron scattering mechanisms in NiFeCoCrMn derived concentrated solid solution and high entropy alloys

S Mu, GD Samolyuk, S Wimmer… - npj Computational …, 2019 - nature.com
Whilst it has long been known that disorder profoundly affects transport properties, recent
measurements on a series of solid solution 3d-transition metal alloys reveal two orders of …

Chern-Simons orbital magnetoelectric coupling in generic insulators

S Coh, D Vanderbilt, A Malashevich, I Souza - Physical Review B—Condensed …, 2011 - APS
We present a Wannier-based method to calculate the Chern-Simons orbital magnetoelectric
coupling in the framework of first-principles density-functional theory. In view of recent …

H2 Activation on Pristine and Substitutional ZnO(101̅0) and Cr2O3(001) Surfaces by Density Functional Theory Calculations

J Luo, JX Liu, WX Li - The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2022 - ACS Publications
As a major component of syngas (a mixture of hydrogen and carbon monoxide), activation of
hydrogen molecules on metal oxides plays a vital role in various hydrogenation reactions …

Structural, Magnetic, Electronic, Defect, and Diffusion Properties of Cr2O3: A DFT+U Study

F Lebreau, MM Islam, B Diawara… - The Journal of Physical …, 2014 - ACS Publications
The structural, electronic, and magnetic properties for nondefective and defective structures
and the diffusion of both cations and anions in chromium oxide (α-Cr2O3) are investigated …