• 文献标题:   Bistability of zigzag edge magnetism in graphene nanoribbons induced by electric field
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   LUO M
  • 作者关键词:   graphene, zigzag nanoribbon, spontaneous edge magnetism, electrically switch, bistability
  • 出版物名称:   JOURNAL OF PHYSICS DAPPLIED PHYSICS
  • ISSN:   0022-3727 EI 1361-6463
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  • 被引频次:   2
  • DOI:   10.1088/1361-6463/ac00ef
  • 出版年:   2021

▎ 摘  要

In the presence of the Hubbard interaction, graphene zigzag nanoribbons have spontaneous edge magnetism with anti-parallel configuration, whose amplitude can be tuned by a transversal electric field. As the electric field increases or decreases across a critical value, the edges are demagnetized or re-magnetized, respectively. A magnetic field at each edge determines the orientation of the re-magnetization. Thus, a combination of a slowly varying transversal electric field and magnetic field in monolayer graphene zigzag nanoribbons can drive the quantum system into a bistability loop. The same phenomenon can be induced in a bilayer/monolayer zigzag nanoribbon without the magnetic field, because the non-symmetry superexchange interaction controls the orientation of the re-magnetization. In this way, the quantum system is switched between ground state and quasi-stable excited state with different magnetism, band structures and conductance. This feature could be used to develop graphene-based spintronic nano-devices without magnetic field.