• 文献标题:   Spin currents and filtering behavior in zigzag graphene nanoribbons with adsorbed molybdenum chains
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   GARCIAFUENTE A, GALLEGO LJ, VEGA A
  • 作者关键词:   graphene, transport propertie, spintronic, dft method, transition metal
  • 出版物名称:   JOURNAL OF PHYSICSCONDENSED MATTER
  • ISSN:   0953-8984 EI 1361-648X
  • 通讯作者地址:   Univ Fribourg
  • 被引频次:   3
  • DOI:   10.1088/0953-8984/27/13/135301
  • 出版年:   2015

▎ 摘  要

By means of density-functional-theoretic calculations, we investigated the structural, electronic and transport properties of hydrogen-passivated zigzag graphene nanoribbons (ZGNRs) on which a one-atom-thick Mo chain was adsorbed (with or without one or two missing atoms), or in which the passivating hydrogen atoms were replaced by Mo atoms. Mo-passivated ZGNRs proved to be nonmagnetic. ZGNRs with an adsorbed defect-free Mo chain were most stable with the Mo atoms forming dimers above edge bay sites, which suppressed the magnetic moments of the C atoms in that half of the ribbon; around the Fermi level of these systems, each spin component had a transmission channel via the Mo sp(z) band and one had an additional channel created by polarization of the ZGNR pi* band, leading to a net spin current. The absence of an Mo dimer from an Mo chain adsorbed at the ZGNR edge made the system a perfect spin filter at low voltage bias by suppressing the Mo spz band channels. Thus this last kind of hybrid system is a potential spin valve.