https://doi.org/10.1140/epjb/e2014-50294-x
Regular Article
Interaction-created effective flat bands in conducting polymers
Department of Theoretical Physics, University of
Debrecen, 4010
Debrecen,
Hungary
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e-mail: gulacsi@phys.unideb.hu
Received:
7
May
2014
Received in final form:
21
May
2014
Published online:
25
June
2014
For a general class of conducting polymers with arbitrary large unit cell and different on-site Coulomb repulsion values on different type of sites, I demonstrate in exact terms the emergence possibility of an upper, interaction-created “effective” flat band. This last appears as a consequence of a kinetic energy quench accompanied by a strong interaction energy decrease, and leads to a non-saturated ferromagnetic state. This ordered state clearly differs from the known flat-band ferromagnetism. This is because it emerges in a system without bare flat bands, requires inhomogeneous on-site Coulomb repulsions values, and possesses non-zero lower interaction limits at the emergence of the ordered phase.
Key words: Solid State and Materials
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