An understanding of the magnetic properties of complex materials is essential for many projects of technological interest.
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Excitations
Understanding correlation effects in strongly correlated systems., i.e. the interplay of kinetic and Coulomb energy in many-body systems, is one of the biggest challenges in modern condensed-matter physics.
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Materials Lab Computer
The density functional formalism provides a method for calculating the energy of molecular systems as a function of the atomic positions. More: Materials Lab Computer …
Friction & Crack Propagation
How does friction arise when driving a car? How do Formula-1 tires work? Why can geckos and grasshoppers climb walls?
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Methods
FLEUR allows us to investigate materials properties on a quantum mechanical level.More: Methods …
Functional Oxide Materials
Investigations of functional oxide materials and their interfaces with the goal of understanding the interplay between bulk and defect properties. More: Functional Oxide Materials …
Energy
Fuel-cell membranes, photovoltaic absorbers, or energy-storage materials can be investigated and optimized using density functional theory and techniques beyond DFT. More: Energy …
Spin-Related Transport
Exotic forms of spin-related transport properties of materials, e.g. the spin-torque, the spin-Hall and anomalous-Hall effect, the quantum spin-Hall effect, and the anisotropy of transport and relaxation coefficients are explained with the help of density-functional calculations.
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Molecular Electronics
Implementing specific electrical functions in single molecules by tailored synthetic molecular design represents one of the main visions of the molecular electronics approach for constructing future nanodevices.
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Molecular Spintronics
Merging the concepts of molecular electronics with spintronics opens one of the most exciting avenue in designing and building future nanoelectronic devices.
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