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Condensed Matter > Strongly Correlated Electrons

Title: Correlation-Induced Octahedral Rotations in SrMoO$_3$

Abstract: Distortions of the oxygen octahedra influence the fundamental electronic structure of perovskite oxides, such as their bandwidth and exchange interactions. Utilizing a fully ab-initio methodology based on density functional theory plus dynamical mean field theory (DFT+DMFT), we study the crystal and magnetic structure of SrMoO$_3$. Comparing our results with DFT+$U$ performed on the same footing, we find that DFT+$U$ overestimates the propensity for magnetic ordering, as well as the octahedral rotations, leading to a different ground state structure. This demonstrates that structural distortions can be highly sensitive to electronic correlation effects, and to the considered magnetic state, even in a moderately correlated metal such as SrMoO$_3$. Moreover, by comparing different downfolding schemes, we demonstrate the robustness of the DFT+DMFT method for obtaining structural properties, highlighting its versatility for applications to a broad range of materials.
Comments: 11 pages, 10 figures
Subjects: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el); Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
Journal reference: Phys. Rev. B 104, 035102 (2021)
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.104.035102
Cite as: arXiv:2012.07871 [cond-mat.str-el]
  (or arXiv:2012.07871v2 [cond-mat.str-el] for this version)

Submission history

From: Alexander Hampel [view email]
[v1] Mon, 14 Dec 2020 19:00:09 GMT (1965kb,D)
[v2] Thu, 1 Jul 2021 14:58:59 GMT (2174kb,D)

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