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7 papers

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2026

Elusive Exciton Insulator States in 1T-HfTe2: Exciton softening, and Symmetry Breaking by Ab Initio Methods

Hong Tang, Niraj Pangeni, Daniel D. Rivera +1

Recent experiments have provided evidence for excitonic insulator (EI) states in 1T HfTe2. In this work, we investigate EI states in monolayer, bilayer, trilayer, and bulk 1T HfTe2…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2026

Reducing Self-Interaction Error in Transition-Metal Oxides with Different Exact-Exchange Fractions for Energy and Density

Harshan Reddy Gopidi, Ruiqi Zhang, Yanyong Wang +5

Density functional theory (DFT) in chemistry and materials science aims for "chemical accuracy," but this goal is challenged by the need to approximate the exact exchange-correlati…

cond-mat.str-el2026

Rotational Phonons Drive Low-Energy Kinks in Cuprate Superconductors

Yanyong Wang, Manuel Engel, Christopher Lane +9

Angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy (ARPES) reveals ubiquitous quasiparticle ``kinks'' near 70 meV and 40 meV across cuprate superconductors, often accompanied by…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2025

Exchange field induced symmetry breaking in quantum hexaborides

D. Rivera, Fernando P. Sabino, H. Raebiger +3

Symmetry breaking (SB) has proven to be a powerful approach for describing quantum materials: strong correlation, mass renormalization, and complex phase transitions are among the…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2025

Unusual Electron-Phonon Interactions in Highly Anisotropic Two-Dimensional

Fei Wang, Qiaohui Zhou, Hong Tang +9

Electron-phonon interactions (EPIs) represent a fundamental cornerstone of condensed matter physics, commanding persistent attention due to their pivotal role in driving novel quan…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2025

The isostructural alpha-gamma phase transition in cerium from the perspective of meta-generalized gradient approximations

Ashesh Giri, Chandra Shahi, Adrienn Ruzsinszky

Meta-generalized gradient approximations (meta-GGAs) on the third rung of the functional hierarchy are gaining increasing relevance for the electronic structure. Meta-GGAs are cons…