• 文献标题:   Effect of long-range interaction on graphene edge magnetism
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   SHI Z, AFFLECK I
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  • 出版物名称:   PHYSICAL REVIEW B
  • ISSN:   2469-9950 EI 2469-9969
  • 通讯作者地址:   Univ British Columbia
  • 被引频次:   4
  • DOI:   10.1103/PhysRevB.95.195420
  • 出版年:   2017

▎ 摘  要

It has been proposed that interactions lead to ferromagnetism on a zigzag edge of a graphene sheet. While not yet directly studied experimentally, dramatically improving techniques for making and studying clean zigzag edges may soon make this possible. So far, most theoretical investigations of this claim have been based on mean-field theories or more exact calculations using the Hubbard model. But long-range Coulomb interactions are unscreened in graphene, so it is important to consider their effects. We study rather general nonlocal interactions, including of the Coulomb 1/r form, using the technique of projection to a strongly interacting edge Hamiltonian, valid at first order in the interactions. The ground states as well as electron/hole and exciton excitations are studied in this model. Our results indicate that ferromagnetism survives with unscreened Coulomb interactions.