Caltech and Yale can now accurately predict the Kondo effect in real materials

Scientists at Caltech and Yale have developed a method to precisely calculate the Kondo effect in specific real materials, which was previously impossible. The approach works directly from a material's true atomic and electronic structure and is up to two orders of magnitude more accurate than conventional models. The work was published in Science.

• Method tested on seven transition-metal atoms embedded in copper
• Accuracy up to two orders of magnitude better than model-based techniques
• Approach adapted from quantum chemistry tools for molecules
• Findings published in the journal Science