Dear colleagues,

We are pleased to invite you to the seminar which isa a part of the HIP-2D-QM Fall Workshop 2026 lecture series:

First-principles calculations of the electronic structure and spectra of strongly correlated materials: DFT + embedded DMFT approach

Date: 22. October 2026.

Time: 11-13h

Location: "Dragan Popović" Hall, Institute of Physics Belgrade

Lecturer:
Dr Darko Tanaskovic, IPB, Serbia

The Fall Workshop 2026 is a lecture series running from August through December, providing an engaging introduction to state-of-the-art experimental characterization techniques available at leading large-scale user facilities around the world. Designed for graduate students, early-career researchers, and scientists seeking to broaden their experimental expertise, the series presents advanced methods that are transforming research in condensed matter physics, solid-state chemistry, and materials science.

More information about the lecture series, including the full programme, is available on the workshop website:
https://www.advances-fallworkshop26.solidstate.ipb.ac.rs/

Abstract

Dynamical mean-field theory (DMFT) was developed in the early 1990s providing a correct description of the Mott metal-insulator transition in the Hubbard model. When combined with density functional theory (DFT), it later emerged as a unique method for the quantitative description of the spectroscopic and transport properties of materials whose valence electrons are in between itinerant and fully localized [1].  We will first overview the theory behind the DFT+DMFT method and then, following the work of K. Haule and his collaborators [2], we will illustrate its success in studies of iron-based superconductors and rare-earth nickelates.

[1]   Gabriel Kotliar and Dieter Vollhardt, Strongly Correlated Materials: Insights From Dynamical Mean-Field Theory, Physics Today 57, 53 (2004).
[2]  Kristjan Haule, Tutorials for the DFT+embedded DMFT Functional, 2007-2024, http://hauleweb.rutgers.edu/tutorials/index.html

Srdačan pozdrav,

Kind regards,

Nina Novaković

Liaison Officer

Center for Solid State Physics and New Materials,