Importance of enforcing Hund’s rules in density functional theory calculations of rare earth magnetocrystalline anisotropy

Abstract Density functional theory (DFT) and its extensions, such as DFT+U and DFT+dynamical mean-field theory, are invaluable for studying magnetic properties in solids. However, rare-earth (R) materials remain challenging due to self-interaction errors and the lack of proper orbital polarization....

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Main Authors: Y. Lee, Z. Ning, R. Flint, R. J. McQueeney, I. I. Mazin, Liqin Ke
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2025-06-01
Series:npj Computational Materials
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41524-025-01632-3
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