• 文献标题:   Effective Zeeman splitting in bent lateral heterojunctions of graphene and hexagonal boron nitride: A new mechanism towards half-metallicity
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   YUE L, SEIFERT G, CHANG K, ZHANG DB
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  • 出版物名称:   PHYSICAL REVIEW B
  • ISSN:   2469-9950 EI 2469-9969
  • 通讯作者地址:   Beijing Computat Sci Res Ctr
  • 被引频次:   4
  • DOI:   10.1103/PhysRevB.96.201403
  • 出版年:   2017

▎ 摘  要

Low-dimensional half-metallic (HM) systems are invaluable for future spintronics. Yet a definitive experimental demonstration of HM characteristic in two-dimensional (2D) materials remains elusive. Here, we reveal that in recently synthesized graphene/hexagonal boron nitride (G/hBN) lateral heterojunctions, pronounced HM can be achieved by applying an in-plane bending. We demonstrate with generalized Bloch theorem that bending has strong influence on interfacial spin states, mimicking the Zeeman effect, which consequently leads to the desired HM phase with a sizable HM gap and excellent magnetic stability. Given recent experimental advances in fabrication of G/hBN heterostructures, this strain-driven HM phase may be practically accessible. The generalized Bloch theorem coupled with self-consistent charge density-functional tight binding is useful to model 2D structures under fundamental deformations, thus may boost the study of strain tunable electronic property of low-dimensional materials with inhomogeneous strain patterns.