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Chris A. Marianetti

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Chris A. Marianetti
Assistant Professor
1144 S W Mudd, Mail Code: 4701
New York, NY 10027

Phone: +1 212 854 9478
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Research Specialty

Predicting materials properties from first-principles computations; materials with energy related applications; density-functional theory; dynamical mean-field theory; transition-metal oxides; actinides.

Research

My research focuses on predicting various materials properties using
theoretical and computational methodologies. In particular, I am interested in
materials which have potential applications for energy storage or conversion,
such as battery cathodes, nuclear reactor fuels, thermoelectrics, hydrogen
storage materials, etc. Understanding and capturing the physics of such a broad
array of phenomena requires the use of a broad range of theories and
techniques. Techniques applied in my research group range from classical
molecular dynamics to density functional theory to the dynamical mean-field
theory.

From a fundamental perspective, I am most interested in materials where the
electronic correlations are strong and conventional techniques such as density
functional theory fail to describe observation. Strongly correlated materials
are among the most exciting materials in that they exemplify some of the
deepest theoretical mysteries in condensed matter physics and possess strong
potential for applications. Some examples are f-electron systems like
Plutonium, the cuprate high-temperature superconductors, manganite systems
displaying colossal magneto-resistance, the cobaltates which are used for
rechargeable batteries and have a large thermoelectric power, heavy Fermion
materials, etc.

Education

Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004

SELECTED Publications

Electronic coherence in delta-Pu: A DMFT study.
C.A. Marianetti, K. Haule, G. Kotliar, and M.J. Fluss
Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 056403 (2008)

One-electron physics of the actinides
A. Toropova, C.A. Marianetti, K. Haule, and G. Kotliar
Phys. Rev. B 76, 155126 (2007)

Quasiparticle dispersion and heat capacity of Na0.3CoO2: A DMFT study
C.A. Marianetti, O. Parcollet, and K. Haule
Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 246404 (2007)

Na induced correlations in the cobaltates.
C.A. Marianetti and G. Kotliar
Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 176405 (2007)

Electronic structure calculations with dynamical mean-field theory.
G. Kotliar, S. Y. Savrasov, K. Haule, V. S. Oudovenko, O. Parcollet, C.A. Marianetti
Rev. Mod. Phys. 78, 865 (2006)