• 文献标题:   Spin polarized electron transport through a graphene nanojunction
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   LU XL, ZHENG YS, XIN HW, JIANG LW
  • 作者关键词:   ab initio calculation, electronic density of state, graphene, nanostructured material, spin polarised transport
  • 出版物名称:   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS
  • ISSN:   0003-6951 EI 1077-3118
  • 通讯作者地址:   Jilin Univ
  • 被引频次:   20
  • DOI:   10.1063/1.3380662
  • 出版年:   2010

▎ 摘  要

The electronic transmission spectrum of a graphene nanojunction formed by interconnecting two armchair-edged graphene nanoribbons is obtained by the first principle calculation. We find that in such a simple structure the electronic transmission is remarkably spin-polarized when its size is not very small. By calculating the local density of states and electron occupation numbers on some typical atoms at the scattering region, we conclude that the origin of the spin-polarization is the antiresonance effect, generated by the edge state localized at the zigzag-edged shoulder of the nanojunction.