• 文献标题:   Modulating magnetism of nitrogen- doped zigzag graphene nanoribbons
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   ZHAO SQ, LU Y, LU WG, LIANG WJ, WANG EG
  • 作者关键词:   graphene nanoribbon, charge doping, spinpolarization, spatial localization
  • 出版物名称:   CHINESE PHYSICS B
  • ISSN:   1674-1056 EI 1741-4199
  • 通讯作者地址:   Chinese Acad Sci
  • 被引频次:   8
  • DOI:   10.1088/1674-1056/23/6/067305
  • 出版年:   2014

▎ 摘  要

We present a study of electronic properties of zigzag graphene nanoribbons (ZGNRs) substitutionally doped with nitrogen atoms at a single edge by first principle calculations. We find that the two edge states near the Fermi level separate due to the asymmetric nitrogen-doping. The ground states of these systems become ferromagnetic because the local magnetic moments along the undoped edges remain and those along the doped edges are suppressed. By controlling the charge-doping level, the magnetic moments of the whole ribbons are modulated. Proper charge doping leads to interesting half-metallic and single-edge conducting ribbons which would be helpful for designing graphene-nanoribbon-based spintronic devices in the future.