DCMPMS Seminars

First principles investigation on Quantum Materials

by Dr. Subhasish Mandal (Post-doctoral Associate, Department of Applied Physics, Yale University)

Tuesday, October 3, 2017 from to (Asia/Kolkata)
at AG80
Description
Computer simulations based on first principles calculations play a central role in helping us understand, predict, and engineer physical, chemical, and electronic properties of technologically relevant materials. This can solve many problems towards building faster, smaller and cheaper devices for processing and storing information as well as for saving energy. Many of these processes involve electron excitations and strong local magnetic fluctuation that the ‘standard model’ of electronic structure, Density Functional Theory (DFT), can’t capture properly. In this context, I will highlight a popular approach that goes beyond the standard DFT. I will discuss how Dynamical Mean Field Theory (DMFT) in combination with DFT has recently been successful for detailed modeling of the electronic structure of many complex materials with strong electron correlation. To give an example, I will show the iron-based superconductors on both bulk and monolayer phases and their anomalous properties, which have their origin in strong Hund's coupling and give rise to the rich physics of Hund's metals. In addition, I will discuss how the selfconsistent DFT+DMFT method accurately captures the effect of electron correlation on predicting the strength of electron-phonon coupling in correlated materials.