• 文献标题:   Pressure effect on the spin-dependent electronic structure of Au intercalated h-BN/graphene/h-BN
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   XIA YZ, LI ZY
  • 作者关键词:   graphene, hexagonal boron nitride, electronic structure, densityfunctional theory, pressure effect, spinorbit effect
  • 出版物名称:   JOURNAL OF PHYSICSCONDENSED MATTER
  • ISSN:   0953-8984 EI 1361-648X
  • 通讯作者地址:   Univ Shanghai Sci Technol
  • 被引频次:   0
  • DOI:   10.1088/0953-8984/28/50/505004
  • 出版年:   2016

▎ 摘  要

The spin-dependent electronic structures of Au intercalated hexagonal-BN/graphene/ hexagonal-BN under pressure or electric field are examined on the basis of density-functional theory. Two kinds of doping concentrations are considered: one-monolayer Au doping and 1/4-monolayer Au doping. In one-monolayer Au doped structure, the large band gap of graphene is mainly induced by the B-C interaction, while the large spin-orbit effect is from the C-Au interaction. Both the band gap and the spin-orbit splitting can be modulated by pressure. In the 1/4-monolayer Au doped structure, the conduction band around the Gamma point is in the band gap of graphene with a Rashba constant of 0.12 eV angstrom/(h) over bar. The Rashba effect can also be modulated by pressure and electric field. Our study provides a possible method to manipulate the spin-dependent electronic structure of graphene by proximity effect and extract the large spin-orbit effect of Au atoms.