• 文献标题:   Effects of random atomic disorder on the magnetic stability of graphene nanoribbons with zigzag edges
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   CAKMAK KE, ALTINTAS A, GUCLU AD
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  • 出版物名称:   PHYSICAL REVIEW B
  • ISSN:   2469-9950 EI 2469-9969
  • 通讯作者地址:   Izmir Inst Technol
  • 被引频次:   2
  • DOI:   10.1103/PhysRevB.98.115428
  • 出版年:   2018

▎ 摘  要

We investigate the effects of randomly distributed atomic defects on the magnetic properties of graphene nanoribbons with zigzag edges using an extended mean-field Hubbard model. For a balanced defect distribution among the sublattices of the honeycomb lattice in the bulk region of the ribbon, the ground-state antiferromagnetism of the edge states remains unaffected. By analyzing the excitation spectrum, we show that while the antiferromagnetic ground state is susceptible to single spin-flip excitations from edge states to magnetic defect states at low defect concentrations, its overall stability is enhanced with respect to the ferromagnetic phase.