Jernej Mravlje, Department of Theoretical Physics, Institute Jozef Stefan, Jamova 39, SI-1001 Ljubljana, Slovenia. e-mail: jernej.mravlje@ijs.si phone: +386 1 477-3797 room:   C-196 |
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I am a researcher
working in theoretical solid state physics. I am
interested in electronic correlations in mesoscopic and bulk systems.
The term electronic correlations stands for effects of strong Coulomb
interaction, that for instance characterizes transition-metal oxides,
such as high-temperature superconductors, cuprates. Currently, most of
my research is devoted to the problem of electronic correlations in a
realistic multi-orbital setting. The material families I am working on
are ruthenate, technetium, and nickelate perovskites. The research
in this subject that bridges the theoretical physics and the
material science proceeds via many quite
different layers. It starts from the description of the crystal
structure and the atomic physics of the material constituents but is
ultimately interested in low-energy properties that are described
within a field theory.
In the large dimensionality limit, the bulk correlated problem
translates to a self-consistent quantum impurity problem (DMFT,
dynamical mean field theory). This enables numerical analysis of
correlated material via the combination of ab initio density
functional methods (DFT) with DMFT.
I am interested also in the effects of electronic correlation on the
meso(nano)-scale, as revealed in measurements of transport through
nanostructures or by probing the magnetic ad-atoms on surfaces by a
scanning tunneling microscope.
List of publications (google scholar)
PhD position on the subject of transport in correlated materials. Write me!
Resillient quasiparticles in a warm bad metal. |
Many metals in which electronic correlations are important are |
Strong correlations from Hund's coupling. Published in Annual Review of Condensed Matter Physics |
Many materials are multi-orbital, that is, more than one active orbital is important. The Hund's rule coupling that splits atomic multiplet splittings has been found to importantly affect the strength of electronic correlations in a way that depends on the filling of the orbitals. Hund's rule coupling can cause strong correlations far from a Mott insulating state. Materials in which Hund's rule coupling is playing the key role are known as Hund's metals. Ruthenates and iron pnictides are important members of that family of compounds. |