• 文献标题:   Strain-promoted reversible spin transfer in rhombic graphene nanoflakes
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   ZHANG YM, LIU J, LI C, JIN W, LEFKIDIS G, HUBNER W
  • 作者关键词:   graphene nanoflake, straintronic, spin transfer, strain effect, first principle
  • 出版物名称:   APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE
  • ISSN:   0169-4332 EI 1873-5584
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  • 被引频次:   3
  • DOI:   10.1016/j.apsusc.2021.149770 EA APR 2021
  • 出版年:   2021

▎ 摘  要

The strain-promoted reversible spin flip and spin transfer on double-magnetic-center graphene nanoflakes (Ni2&GNFs) are investigated with first-principles quantum chemical computations. We find that applying strain along the two diagonals of the rhombic graphene nanoflakes can significantly lead to the redistribution of spin density, and can therefore dominate the spin-flip and spin-transfer processes. The applied strain effectively changes the spin-density localization of the system, thus opening a channel for successful spin-transfer processes in all distorted structures. Especially, simultaneous spin-flip and transfer processes are achieved when the tensile strain is applied along the short diagonal, and some of the spin-transfer and spin-flip-transfer scenarios achieved on the stretched Ni2&GNF are reversible. This reversible strain-assisted spin dynamics provides a feasible yet efficient way to control the spin magnetism of GNFs, which could increase the functionality and the flexibility of the integrated spin-logic in real straintronic devices.