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Site-selective electronic correlation in α-plutonium metal

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  • Jian-Xin Zhu

    (Los Alamos National Laboratory)

  • R. C. Albers

    (Los Alamos National Laboratory)

  • K. Haule

    (Rutgers University)

  • G. Kotliar

    (Rutgers University)

  • J. M. Wills

    (Los Alamos National Laboratory)

Abstract

An understanding of the phase diagram of elemental plutonium (Pu) must include both, the effects of the strong directional bonding and the high density of states of the Pu 5f electrons, as well as how that bonding weakens under the influence of strong electronic correlations. Here we present electronic-structure calculations of the full 16-atom per unit cell α-phase structure within the framework of density functional theory together with dynamical mean-field theory. Our calculations demonstrate that Pu atoms sitting on different sites within the α-Pu crystal structure have a strongly varying site dependence of the localization–delocalization correlation effects of their 5f electrons and a corresponding effect on the bonding and electronic properties of this complicated metal. In short, α-Pu has the capacity to simultaneously have multiple degrees of electron localization/delocalization of Pu 5f electrons within a pure single-element material.

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  • Jian-Xin Zhu & R. C. Albers & K. Haule & G. Kotliar & J. M. Wills, 2013. "Site-selective electronic correlation in α-plutonium metal," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 4(1), pages 1-6, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:4:y:2013:i:1:d:10.1038_ncomms3644
    DOI: 10.1038/ncomms3644
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