• 文献标题:   Tuning magnetic properties of graphene nanoribbons with topological line defects: From antiferromagnetic to ferromagnetic
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   KAN M, ZHOU J, SUN Q, WANG Q, KAWAZOE Y, JENA P
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  • 出版物名称:   PHYSICAL REVIEW B
  • ISSN:   1098-0121
  • 通讯作者地址:   Peking Univ
  • 被引频次:   45
  • DOI:   10.1103/PhysRevB.85.155450
  • 出版年:   2012

▎ 摘  要

Zigzag-edged graphene nanoribbons are antiferromagnetic in cross-edge coupling and unsuitable for spintronics applications. Two new strategies of tuning antiferromagnetism (AFM) to ferromagnetism (FM) in graphene nanoribbons are introduced through topological line defects composed of pentagonal and octagonal rings, and their ability to induce magnetic transition is probed by using density functional theory. The resulting exchange energy is found to be large enough for ferromagnetism to be observed at room temperature. Both strategies are experimentally feasible, and the results suggest that defect engineering may provide a novel path to manipulate the magnetic properties of graphene nanoribbons.