• 文献标题:   h-BN as a perfect spin splitter in ferromagnetic zigzag graphene nanoribbons
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   SONG LL, ZHANG Y, YE RL, LIU L, WEI CL, ZHAO H, ZHENG XH
  • 作者关键词:   spintronic, spin splitter, interfacial dipole, graphene nanoribbon, density functional theory
  • 出版物名称:   2D MATERIALS
  • ISSN:   2053-1583
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  • 被引频次:   0
  • DOI:   10.1088/2053-1583/aca8b6
  • 出版年:   2023

▎ 摘  要

The manipulation of spin transport is always a central task in spintronics and two very well-known findings along this line thus far are the observations of half-metallicity and pure spin current, both very important in practical applications. In this paper, we propose another control over spin, termed as a spin splitter, with an aim to split the two spin channels from the spatially overlapped paths into two isolated branches. Based on a density functional study, we implement this idea in ferromagnetic zigzag graphene nanoribbons (ZGNRs) and find that h-BN nanoribbon embedded in the ZGNR acts as a perfect spin splitter. It originates from the different interfacial dipoles developed at the N-C and B-C interfaces and the subsequent different built-in transverse electric fields, which drives the two narrow side ZGNRs into half-metallicity with different spin polarity. The findings will be of great significance in spintronics.