571 research outputs found
Unfolding first-principles band structures
A general method is presented to unfold band structures of first-principles
super-cell calculations with proper spectral weight, allowing easier
visualization of the electronic structure and the degree of broken
translational symmetry. The resulting unfolded band structures contain
additional rich information from the Kohn-Sham orbitals, and absorb the
structure factor that makes them ideal for a direct comparison with angular
resolved photoemission spectroscopy experiments. With negligible computational
expense via the use of Wannier functions, this simple method has great
practical value in the studies of a wide range of materials containing
impurities, vacancies, lattice distortions, or spontaneous long-range orders.Comment: 4 pages, 3 figure
Dynamical Linear Response of TDDFT with LDA+U Functional: strongly hybridized Frenkel excitons in NiO
Within the framework of time-dependent density-functional theory (TDDFT), we
derive the dynamical linear response of LDA+U functional and benchmark it on
NiO, a prototypical Mott insulator. Formulated using real-space Wannier
functions, our computationally inexpensive framework gives detailed insights
into the formation of tightly bound Frenkel excitons with reasonable accuracy.
Specifically, a strong hybridization of multiple excitons is found to
significantly modify the exciton properties. Furthermore, our study exposes a
significant generic limitation of adiabatic approximation in TDDFT with hybrid
functionals and in existing Bethe-Salpeter-equation approaches, advocating the
necessity of strongly energy-dependent kernels in future development.Comment: 5 pages, 2 figure
Unified Picture for Magnetic Correlations in Iron-Based Superconductors
The varying metallic antiferromagnetic correlations observed in iron-based
superconductors are unified in a model consisting of both itinerant electrons
and localized spins. The decisive factor is found to be the sensitive
competition between the superexchange antiferromagnetism and the
orbital-degenerate double-exchange ferromagnetism. Our results reveal the
crucial role of Hund's rule coupling for the strongly correlated nature of the
system and suggest that the iron-based superconductors are closer kin to
manganites than cuprates in terms of their diverse magnetism and incoherent
normal-state electron transport. This unified picture would be instrumental for
exploring other exotic properties and the mechanism of superconductivity in
this new class of superconductors.Comment: Revised for publication. 3 figure
Ferro-Orbital Order and Strong Magnetic Anisotropy in the Parent Compounds of Iron-Pnictide Superconductors
The puzzling nature of magnetic and lattice phase transitions of iron
pnictides is investigated via a first-principles Wannier function analysis of
representative parent compound LaOFeAs. A rare ferro-orbital ordering is found
to give rise to the recently observed highly anisotropic magnetic coupling, and
drive the phase transitions--without resorting to widely employed frustration
or nesting picture. The revealed necessity of the additional orbital physics
leads to a correlated electronic structure fundamentally distinct from that of
the cuprates. In particular, the strong coupling to the magnons advocates
active roles of light orbitons in spin dynamics and electron pairing in iron
pnictides.Comment: accepted by Physical Review Letter
Predicting The Helpfulness Of Online Product Reviewers: A Data Mining Approach
The purpose of this study is to propose a data mining approach to predict the helpfulness scores of online product reviewers. Such prediction can facilitate consumers to judge whether to believe or disbelieve reviews written by different reviewers and can help e-stores or third-party product review websites to target and retain quality reviewers. In this study, we identify eight independent variables from the perspectives of reviewers’ review behavior and trust network to predict the helpfulness scores for these reviewers. We adopt M5 and SVM Regression as our underlying learning algorithms. Our empirical evaluation results on the basis of two product categories (i.e., Car and Computer) suggest that our proposed helpfulness prediction technique can predict the helpfulness scores of online product reviewers
One-Fe versus Two-Fe Brillouin Zone of Fe-Based Superconductors: Creation of the Electron Pockets via Translational Symmetry Breaking
We investigate the physical effects of translational symmetry breaking in
Fe-based high-temperature superconductors due to alternating anion positions.
In the representative parent compounds, including the newly discovered
Fe-vacancy-ordered , an unusual change of orbital
character is found across the one-Fe Brillouin zone upon unfolding the
first-principles band structure and Fermi surfaces, suggesting that covering a
larger one-Fe Brillouin zone is necessary in experiments. Most significantly,
the electron pockets (critical to the magnetism and superconductivity) are
found only created with the broken symmetry, advocating strongly its full
inclusion in future studies, particularly on the debated nodal structures of
the superconducting order parameter.Comment: Accepted by Physical Review Letters. Updated in Figure 2 and
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MAAIG: Motion Analysis And Instruction Generation
Many people engage in self-directed sports training at home but lack the
real-time guidance of professional coaches, making them susceptible to injuries
or the development of incorrect habits. In this paper, we propose a novel
application framework called MAAIG(Motion Analysis And Instruction Generation).
It can generate embedding vectors for each frame based on user-provided sports
action videos. These embedding vectors are associated with the 3D skeleton of
each frame and are further input into a pretrained T5 model. Ultimately, our
model utilizes this information to generate specific sports instructions. It
has the capability to identify potential issues and provide real-time guidance
in a manner akin to professional coaches, helping users improve their sports
skills and avoid injuries.Comment: Accepted to the ACM Multimedia Asia 2023 Workshop on Intelligent
Sports Technologies (WIST
First-principles method of propagation of tightly bound excitons: exciton band structure of LiF and verification with inelastic x-ray scattering
We propose a simple first-principles method to describe propagation of
tightly bound excitons. By viewing the exciton as a composite object (an
effective Frenkel exciton in Wannier orbitals), we define an exciton kinetic
kernel to encapsulate the exciton propagation and decay for all binding energy.
Applied to prototypical LiF, our approach produces three exciton bands, which
we verified quantitatively via inelastic x-ray scattering. The proposed
real-space picture is computationally inexpensive and thus enables study of the
full exciton dynamics, even in the presence of surfaces and impurity
scattering. It also provides intuitive understanding to facilitate practical
exciton engineering in semiconductors, strongly correlated oxides, and their
nanostructures.Comment: 5 pages, 4 figures. Accepted by PR
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