• 文献标题:   Spin currents in rough graphene nanoribbons: Universal fluctuations and spin injection
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   WIMMER M, ADAGIDELI I, BERBER S, TOMANEK D, RICHTER K
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  • 出版物名称:   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS
  • ISSN:   0031-9007 EI 1079-7114
  • 通讯作者地址:   Univ Regensburg
  • 被引频次:   185
  • DOI:   10.1103/PhysRevLett.100.177207
  • 出版年:   2008

▎ 摘  要

We investigate spin conductance in zigzag graphene nanoribbons and propose a spin injection mechanism based only on graphitic nanostructures. We find that nanoribbons with atomically straight, symmetric edges show zero spin conductance but nonzero spin Hall conductance. Only nanoribbons with asymmetrically shaped edges give rise to a finite spin conductance and can be used for spin injection into graphene. Furthermore, nanoribbons with rough edges exhibit mesoscopic spin conductance fluctuations with a universal value of rmsG(s)approximate to 0.4e/4 pi.