• 文献标题:   Spin-dependent transport in a multifunctional spintronic device with graphene nanoribbon electrodes
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   HAN XX, YANG JJ, YUAN PP, BIAN BA, SHI HF, DING YQ
  • 作者关键词:   spin transport, molecular device, graphene nanoribbon
  • 出版物名称:   JOURNAL OF COMPUTATIONAL ELECTRONICS
  • ISSN:   1569-8025
  • 通讯作者地址:   Jiangnan Univ
  • 被引频次:   2
  • DOI:   10.1007/s10825-018-1148-2
  • 出版年:   2018

▎ 摘  要

We investigated the spin-dependent transport properties of a molecular device consisting of a phenanthrene molecule anchored via two carbon atoms to zigzag graphene nanoribbon electrodes, using density functional theory combined with the nonequilibrium Green's function method. The results of the calculations show that the device exhibits perfect spin filtering and negative differential resistance effect in both parallel and antiparallel configuration, and perfect dual spin filtering and large spin rectification in antiparallel configuration. In addition, we changed the direction of the phenanthrene plane to be perpendicular to the two electrode planes, enabling molecular switching. The proposed structure combines interesting properties that enable its use in multifunctional nanoelectronic devices.