• 文献标题:   Electron-electron interactions and topology in the electronic properties of gated graphene nanoribbon rings in Mobius and cylindrical configurations
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   GUCLU AD, GRABOWSKI M, HAWRYLAK P
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  • 出版物名称:   PHYSICAL REVIEW B
  • ISSN:   2469-9950 EI 2469-9969
  • 通讯作者地址:   Natl Res Council Canada
  • 被引频次:   17
  • DOI:   10.1103/PhysRevB.87.035435
  • 出版年:   2013

▎ 摘  要

We present a theory of the electronic properties of gated graphene nanoribbon rings with zigzag edges in Mobius and cylindrical configurations. The finite width opens a gap and nontrivial topology of the Mobius ring leads to a single edge with edge states with an induced, effective gauge field, in analogy to topological insulators. The single zigzag edge leads to a shell of degenerate states at the Fermi level and a ferromagnetic (FM) ground state at half-filling, i.e., at charge neutrality, due to electron-electron interactions. For fractional fillings, both the magnetic moment and the energy gap are found to oscillate as a function of the shell filling. In cylindrical rings, the two edges lead to AF ground state at half-filling but FM ground state at fractional fillings. DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.87.035435