Strongly correlated electron physics in nanotube-encapsulated metallocene chains

Tuning the electrical conductivity of nanotube-encapsulated metallocene wires.

We analyze a new family of carbon nanotube-based molecular wires, formed by encapsulating metallocene molecules inside the nanotubes. Our simulations, which are based on a combination of nonequilibrium Green function techniques and density functional theory, indicate that these wires can be engineered to exhibit desirable magnetotransport effects for use in spintronics devices. The proposed str...

Strongly correlated electron systems.

Strongly correlated electron systems.

Surprises in Correlated Electron Physics

The exceptional properties of strongly correlated electron systems have fascinated physicists for several decades already [1–9]. New correlated electron materials and unexpected correlation phenomena are discovered every year. Often the properties of those systems are influenced by disorder. Unfortunately, real materials and even model systems with strong electronic correlations and disorder ar...

Electron-spin dynamics in strongly correlated metals.

The temperature dependence of the electron-spin lifetime T1 and the g factor are anomalous in alkali fullerides (K,Rb)3C60, which cannot be explained by the canonical Elliott-Yafet theory. These materials are archetypes of strongly correlated and narrow band metals. We introduce the concept of a "complex electron-spin resonance frequency shift" to treat these measurables in a unified manner wit...