Correlation-enhanced electron-phonon coupling: Applications of GW and screened hybrid functional to bismuthates, chloronitrides, and other high-Tc superconductors

Physical Review X

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Yin, Z P ^a   Kutepov, A ^a   Kotliar, G ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL REEVALUATION; CUPRATES; ELECTRON PHONON COUPLINGS; HYBRID FUNCTIONAL; IRON-BASED SUPERCONDUCTORS; NONLOCAL CORRELATIONS; PHONON MODE; SUPERCONDUCTING TEMPERATURES;

DESIGN FOR TESTABILITY; ELECTRON CORRELATIONS; ELECTRON-PHONON INTERACTIONS; FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS; SUPERCONDUCTING MATERIALS;

SUPERCONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 84883502165     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21603308     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevX.3.021011     Document Type: Article

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