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Title: High-Pressure Thermodynamic Properties of f-electron Metals, Transition Metal Oxides, and Half-Metallic Magnets

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/843111· OSTI ID:843111
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This project involves research into the thermodynamic properties of f-electron metals, transition metal oxides, and half-metallic magnets at high pressure. These materials are ones in which the changing importance of electron-electron interactions as the distance between atoms is varied can tune the system through phase transitions from localized to delocalized electrons, from screened to unscreened magnetic moments, and from normal metal to one in which only a single spin specie can conduct. Three main thrusts are being pursued: (i) Mott transitions in transition metal oxides, (ii) magnetism in half-metallic compounds, and (iii) large volume-collapse transitions in f-band metals.

Research Organization:
Richard Scalettar and Warren Pickett, Univ. of Calif, Davis
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
DOE Contract Number:
FG03-03NA00071
OSTI ID:
843111
Report Number(s):
2005 Annual Report; TRN: US0803951
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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