• 文献标题:   Robust ferromagnetism in hydrogenated graphene mediated by spin-polarized pseudospin
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   KIM H, BANG J, KANG J
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  • 出版物名称:   SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
  • ISSN:   2045-2322
  • 通讯作者地址:   DGIST
  • 被引频次:   1
  • DOI:   10.1038/s41598-018-31934-0
  • 出版年:   2018

▎ 摘  要

The origin of the ferromagnetism in metal-free graphitic materials has been a decade-old puzzle. The possibility of long-range magnetic order in graphene has been recently questioned by the experimental findings that point defects in graphene, such as fluorine adatoms and vacancies, lead to defect-induced paramagnetism but no magnetic ordering down to 2 K. It remains controversial whether collective magnetic order in graphene can emerge from point defects at finite temperatures. This work provides a new framework for understanding the ferromagnetism in hydrogenated graphene, highlighting the key contribution of the spin-polarized pseudospin as a "mediator" of long-range magnetic interactions in graphene. Using first-principles calculations of hydrogenated graphene, we found that the unique 'zeroenergy' position of H-induced quasilocalized states enables notable spin polarization of the graphene's sublattice pseudospin. The pseudospin-mediated magnetic interactions between the H-induced magnetic moments stabilize the two-dimensional ferromagnetic ordering with Curie temperatures of T-c = n(H) x 34,000 K for the atom percentage n(H) of H adatoms. These findings show that atomic-scale control of hydrogen adsorption on graphene can give rise to a robust magnetic order.