• 文献标题:   Magnetic-like field inducing negative Dirac mass in graphene on hexagonal boron nitride
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   SOODCHOMSHOM B, TANG IM, HOONSAWAT R
  • 作者关键词:   graphene, hexagonal boron nitride, spin transverse force, larmor precession
  • 出版物名称:   PHYSICA ELOWDIMENSIONAL SYSTEMS NANOSTRUCTURES
  • ISSN:   1386-9477 EI 1873-1759
  • 通讯作者地址:   Kasetsart Univ
  • 被引频次:   3
  • DOI:   10.1016/j.physe.2013.03.013
  • 出版年:   2013

▎ 摘  要

The tight-binding electrons in graphene grown on top of hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN) substrate are studied. The two types of surfaces on the h-BN substrate give rise to Dirac fermions having positive and negative masses. The positive and negative masses of the Dirac fermions lead to the gapped graphene to behave as a "pseudo" ferromagnet. A very large (pseudo) tunneling magnetoresistance is predicted when the Fermi level approaches the gap region. The energy gap due to the breaking of sublattice symmetry in graphene on h-BN substrate is analogous to magnetic-induced energy gap on surface of topological insulators. We point out that positive and negative masses may correspond to signs of magnetic-like field perpendicular to graphene sheet acting on pseudo magnetic dipole moment of electrons, leading to pseudo-Larmor precession and Stern-Gerlach magnetic force. (C) 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.