• 文献标题:   Tunable magnetic interaction in hydrogenated epitaxial graphene modulated by the SiC substrate
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   CHEN PC, LI YC, DUAN WH
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  • 出版物名称:   PHYSICAL REVIEW B
  • ISSN:   1098-0121 EI 1550-235X
  • 通讯作者地址:   Tsinghua Univ
  • 被引频次:   1
  • DOI:   10.1103/PhysRevB.92.205433
  • 出版年:   2015

▎ 摘  要

We show that the d(0) ferromagnetism with high Curie temperature (T-c) can be achieved in the electron-doped hydrogenated epitaxial graphene on certain SiC substrates through first-principles calculations. The pristine systems are found to be Mott insulators regardless of SiC polytype (2H, 4H, or 6H) which, however, plays a significant role in the modulation of magnetic interaction. Carrier doping enhances the ferromagnetic coupling due to the double-exchange mechanism and thus realizes the phase transition from antiferromagnetism to ferromagnetism. A T-c of around 400 K is predicted for graphene on the 2H-SiC substrate. We employ a nondegenerate Hubbard model to demonstrate how the SiC affects the interfacial magnetism in intra-atomic Coulomb repulsion and intersite hopping interactions.