• 文献标题:   Switchable magnetic moment in cobalt-doped graphene bilayer on Cu(111): An ab initio study
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   SOUZA ES, SCOPEL WL, MIWA RH
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  • 出版物名称:   PHYSICAL REVIEW B
  • ISSN:   2469-9950 EI 2469-9969
  • 通讯作者地址:   Univ Fed Espirito Santo
  • 被引频次:   5
  • DOI:   10.1103/PhysRevB.93.235308
  • 出版年:   2016

▎ 摘  要

In this work, we have performed an ab initio theoretical investigation of substitutional cobalt atoms in the graphene bilayer supported on the Cu(111) surface (Co/GBL/Cu). Initially, we examined the separated systems, namely, graphene bilayer adsorbed on Cu(111) (GBL/Cu) and a free standing Co-doped GBL (Co/GBL). In the former system, the GBL becomes n-type doped, where we map the net electronic charge density distribution along the GBL-Cu(111) interface. The substitutional Co atom in Co/GBL lies between the graphene layers, and present a net magnetic moment mostly due to the unpaired Co-3d(z2) electrons. In Co/GBL/Cu, we found that the Cu(111) substrate rules (i) the energetic stability, and (ii) the magnetic properties of substitutional Co atoms in the graphene bilayer. In (i), the substitutional Co atom becomes energetically more stable lying on the GBL surface, and in (ii), the magnetic moment of Co/GBL has been quenched due to the Cu(111). Co/GBL electronic charge transfer. We verify that such a charge transfer can be tuned upon the application of an external electric field, and thus mediated by a suitable change on the electronic occupation of the Co-d(z2) orbitals, we found a way to switch-on and - off the magnetization of the Co-doped GBL adsorbed on the Cu(111) surface.