• 文献标题:   Giant tunnel magneto-resistance in graphene based molecular tunneling junction
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   WANG B, LI JW, YU YJ, WEI YD, WANG J, GUO H
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  • 出版物名称:   NANOSCALE
  • ISSN:   2040-3364 EI 2040-3372
  • 通讯作者地址:   Shenzhen Univ
  • 被引频次:   16
  • DOI:   10.1039/c5nr06585b
  • 出版年:   2016

▎ 摘  要

We propose and theoretically investigate a class of stable zigzag graphene nanoribbon (ZGNR) based molecular magnetic tunneling junctions (MTJs). For those junctions having pentagon-connecting formations, huge tunnel magneto-resistance (TMR) is found. Different from most of the other proposed molecular junctions, the huge TMR in our structures is generic, and is not significantly affected by external parameters such as bias voltage, gate voltage, length of the molecule and width of the ZGNRs. The double pentagon-connecting formation between the molecule and ZGNRs is critical for the remarkable TMR ratio, which is as large as similar to 2 x 10(5). These molecular MTJs behave as almost perfect spin filters and spin valve devices. Other connecting formations of the ZGNR based MTJs lead to much smaller TMR. By first principles analysis, we reveal the microscopic physics responsible for this phenomenon.