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Half-metallic ferromagnetism induced by dynamic electron correlations in VAs

L. Chioncel, Ph. Mavropoulos, M. Ležaić, S. Blügel, E. Arrigoni, M. I. Katsnelson, A. I. Lichtenstein

cond-mat.str-elarXiv:cond-mat/0602112

Abstract

The electronic structure of the VAs compound in the zinc-blende structure is investigated using a combined density-functional and dynamical mean-field theory approach. Contrary to predictions of a ferromagnetic semiconducting ground state obtained by density-functional calculations, dynamical correlations induce a closing of the gap and produce a half-metallic ferromagnetic state. These results emphasize the importance of dynamic correlations in materials suitable for spintronics.

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