• 文献标题:   Quasiphase transition and many-spin Kondo effects in a graphene nanodisk
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   EZAWA M
  • 作者关键词:   graphene, kondo effect, magnetic transition, nanostructured material, specific heat, thermodynamic propertie
  • 出版物名称:   PHYSICAL REVIEW B
  • ISSN:   1098-0121
  • 通讯作者地址:   Univ Tokyo
  • 被引频次:   16
  • DOI:   10.1103/PhysRevB.79.241407
  • 出版年:   2009

▎ 摘  要

The trigonal zigzag nanodisk with size N has N localized spins. We investigate its thermodynamical properties with and without external leads. Leads are made of zigzag graphene nanoribbons or ordinary metallic wires. There exists a quasiphase transition between the quasiferromagnet and quasiparamagnet states, as signaled by a sharp peak in the specific heat and in the susceptibility. Lead effects are described by the many-spin Kondo Hamiltonian. An additional peak emerges in the specific heat. Furthermore, the bandwidth of free electrons in metallic leads becomes narrower. By investigating the spin-spin correlation it is argued that free electrons in the lead form spin singlets with electrons in the nanodisk. They are indications of many-spin Kondo effects.