• 文献标题:   Perfect Spin Filter in a Tailored Zigzag Graphene Nanoribbon
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   KANG DW, WANG BW, XIA CJ, LI HS
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  • 出版物名称:   NANOSCALE RESEARCH LETTERS
  • ISSN:   1556-276X
  • 通讯作者地址:   Henan Univ Sci Technol
  • 被引频次:   5
  • DOI:   10.1186/s11671-017-2132-7
  • 出版年:   2017

▎ 摘  要

Zigzag graphene nanoribbons (ZGNRs) are expected to serve as the promising component in the all-carbon spintronic device. It remains challenging to fabricate a device based on ZGNRs with high spin-filter efficiency and low experimental complexity. Using density functional theory combined with nonequilibrium Green's function technique, we studied the spin-dependent transport properties of the tailored zigzag graphene nanoribbon. A perfect spin-filtering effect is found in the tailored structure of ZGNR. The nearly 100% spin-polarized current and high magneto-resistance ratio can be obtained by applying a homogeneous magnetic field across the device. The distribution of spin up and spin down states at the bridge carbon atom plays a dominant role in the perfect spin filtering. The tailoring of ZGNR provides a new effective approach to graphene-based spintronics.