• 文献标题:   First-principles study of the structural and magnetic properties of graphene on a Fe/Ni(111) surface
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   SUN X, PRATT A, YAMAUCHI Y
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  • 出版物名称:   JOURNAL OF PHYSICS DAPPLIED PHYSICS
  • ISSN:   0022-3727
  • 通讯作者地址:   Natl Inst Mat Sci
  • 被引频次:   10
  • DOI:   10.1088/0022-3727/43/38/385002
  • 出版年:   2010

▎ 摘  要

The structure and spin-resolved electronic states of a graphene-adsorbed Fe/Ni(1 1 1) surface are investigated and compared with a graphene/Ni(1 1 1) surface using first-principles calculations. Nine possible geometries are studied with Fe and C atoms at different sites with respect to the topmost Ni atoms. Geometries with one C atom located on top of an Fe atom (C1) and one at a hollow (fcc or hcp) site (C2) are the most energetically favourable. The electronic states of graphene are significantly modified by the interaction with the Fe/Ni(1 1 1) surface. The dominant pi states of the C2 atom are drastically shifted towards the Fermi level and become highly positive-spin-polarized due to the corresponding spin-down states located above the Fermi level. The level shift is very small for the spin-up pi states of the C1 atom but obvious for the spin-down states due to spin splitting induced by Fe atoms, resulting in a negative spin polarization at shallow levels and a positive one at deeper levels. The adsorption of graphene on Fe/Ni(1 1 1) is stronger than that on the clean Ni(1 1 1) surface.