Interplay of local moments and itinerant electrons

Abstract

We have studied the electronic structure of materials whose properties are driven by magnetism. This work requires research with computer simulations based on quantum mechanics laws within the density functional theory aimed to predict and to understand their complex phase diagrams with a high degree of accuracy and reliability. The applications that can emerge from our studies yield a great technological potential. Our objective is to enable technology breakthroughs that lead to changes in paradigm in novel functional materials and in quantum technologies, where quantum behavior can be controlled by using heterostructures of superconductors with magnets, insulators, semiconductors and metals.