• 文献标题:   Spin transport properties in lower n-acene-graphene nanojunctions
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   ZOU DQ, CUI B, KONG XR, ZHAO WK, ZHAO JF, LIU DS
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  • 出版物名称:   PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS
  • ISSN:   1463-9076 EI 1463-9084
  • 通讯作者地址:   Shandong Univ
  • 被引频次:   15
  • DOI:   10.1039/c5cp00544b
  • 出版年:   2015

▎ 摘  要

A series of n-acene-graphene (n = 3, 4, 5, 6) devices, in which n-acene molecules are sandwiched between two zigzag graphene nanoribbon (ZGNR) electrodes, are modeled through the spin polarized density functional theory combined with the non-equilibrium Green's function technique. Our theoretical results show that for n-acene molecules ranging from anthracene to hexacene, the spin-polarized electronic states near the Fermi level can be induced by the spin-polarized ZGNR electrodes, which strengthen gradually to facilitate the electronic transport. A nearly 100% spin filtering ratio and a dualorientation spin-rectifying effect are observed in a wide range of bias voltage. Importantly, an over 8000% giant magnetoresistance is obtained in the low bias range from -0.1 V to +0.1V. Moreover, negative differential resistance behaviors are detected in these devices. The potential mechanisms of these intriguing phenomena are proposed and these findings would be instructive for the design and synthesis of high-performance graphene-based spin-related devices.