• 文献标题:   High performance bipolar spin filtering and switching functions of poly-(terphenylene-butadiynylene) between zigzag graphene nanoribbon electrodes
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   ZHANG D, LONG MQ, ZHANG XJ, XU H
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  • 出版物名称:   RSC ADVANCES
  • ISSN:   2046-2069
  • 通讯作者地址:   Cent S Univ
  • 被引频次:   14
  • DOI:   10.1039/c5ra17504f
  • 出版年:   2015

▎ 摘  要

Using the nonequilibrium Green's function method combined with spin-polarized density functional theory, we investigate the spin-resolved electronic transport properties of devices made of poly-(terphenylene-butadiynylene) (PTB) between two symmetric ferromagnetic zigzag graphene nanoribbon (ZGNR) electrodes. The bipolar spin filtering effect, rectifying behavior, and negative differential resistance have been found. More interestingly, an on/off ratio in the order of 10(7) is also predicted by changing the angle between the PTB and ZGNR electrode planes. Further analyses show that the matching of the electronic wave functions among both electrodes and PTB plays a key role in the multi-functional PTB based device. And the coupling between the alkyne triple bond and the phenyl rings of PTB is critical to the value of the spin-resolved current and the on/off ratio. These phenomena suggest that the proposed PTB based devices have potential utilization in molecular spin diodes and molecular switches.