Title

A DFT plus DMFT approach for nanosystems

Authors

Authors

V. Turkowski; A. Kabir; N. Nayyar;T. S. Rahman

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Abbreviated Journal Title

J. Phys.-Condes. Matter

Keywords

MEAN-FIELD THEORY; STRONGLY CORRELATED SYSTEMS; ELECTRONIC-STRUCTURE; INFINITE DIMENSIONS; CLUSTERS; IRON; MAGNETISM; SPECTRA; Physics, Condensed Matter

Abstract

We propose a combined density-functional-theory-dynamical-mean-field-theory (DFT + DMFT) approach for reliable inclusion of electron-electron correlation effects in nanosystems. Compared with the widely used DFT + U approach, this method has several advantages, the most important of which is that it takes into account dynamical correlation effects. The formalism is illustrated through different calculations of the magnetic properties of a set of small iron clusters (number of atoms 2 < = N < = 5). It is shown that the inclusion of dynamical effects leads to a reduction in the cluster magnetization (as compared to results from DFT + U) and that, even for such small clusters, the magnetization values agree well with experimental estimations. These results justify confidence in the ability of the method to accurately describe the magnetic properties of clusters of interest to nanoscience.

Journal Title

Journal of Physics-Condensed Matter

Volume

22

Issue/Number

46

Publication Date

1-1-2010

Document Type

Article

Language

English

First Page

5

WOS Identifier

WOS:000283838800002

ISSN

0953-8984

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