• 文献标题:   Spin-Polarized Transport on Zigzag Graphene Nanoribbon with a Single Defect
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   KUMAZAKI H, HIRASHIMA DS
  • 作者关键词:   graphene, edge, single defect, magnetism, electric transport
  • 出版物名称:   JOURNAL OF THE PHYSICAL SOCIETY OF JAPAN
  • ISSN:   0031-9015
  • 通讯作者地址:   Nagoya Univ
  • 被引频次:   13
  • DOI:   10.1143/JPSJ.78.094701
  • 出版年:   2009

▎ 摘  要

We calculate the electric conductance of a graphene nanoribbon (GNR) with and without a point defect. In the case of a zigzag GNR, magnetic moments are formed near the zigzag edges, and the electric current on each edge is spin-polarized. By breaking the symmetry of the magnetic moments with a single defect, such as a nonmagnetic vacancy, a net spin-polarized current can be generated in a zigzag GNR. The spatial distribution of the current is studied, and the spin-polarized current is found to arise owing to the blocking of a spin-polarized current-carrying mode by a vacancy.