• 文献标题:   Mechanically tunable magnetism on graphene nanoribbon adsorbed SiO2 surface
  • 文献类型:   Article, Proceedings Paper
  • 作  者:   GUO YF, GUO WL
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  • 出版物名称:   JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS
  • ISSN:   0148-6055 EI 1520-8516
  • 通讯作者地址:   Nanjing Univ Aeronaut Astronaut
  • 被引频次:   4
  • DOI:   10.1063/1.3702877
  • 出版年:   2012

▎ 摘  要

Our first-principle calculations reveal that the O-terminated surface of zigzag graphene nanoribbon adsorbed (100) alpha-quartz SiO2 exhibits antiferromagnetic ground state. This is due to unpaired electrons of dangling O atoms forming on the SiO2 surface, which are caused by the edge C atoms of the adsorbed nanoribbon. The resulting magnetism and spin-resolved states on the SiO2 surface can be effectively tuned by mechanical strain applied on the substrate, with the antiferromagnetic state transforming into ferromagnetic state as well as the total magnetic moment varying from negative to positive when the strain turns from tensile to compressive. We elucidate the mechanism for the modification of the surface magnetism by orbital hybridization between C and O atoms and part of dangling O atoms bonding with the nanoribbon under strain. (C) 2012 American Institute of Physics. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3702877]