• 文献标题:   Controlling Half-Metallicity of Graphene Nanoribbons by Using a Ferroelectric Polymer
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   LEE YL, KIM S, PARK C, IHM J, SON YW
  • 作者关键词:   graphene nanoribbon, halfmetal, ferroelectric polymer, poly vinylidene fluoride
  • 出版物名称:   ACS NANO
  • ISSN:   1936-0851 EI 1936-086X
  • 通讯作者地址:   Seoul Natl Univ
  • 被引频次:   72
  • DOI:   10.1021/nn9019064
  • 出版年:   2010

▎ 摘  要

On the basis of first-principles computational approaches, we present a new method to drive zigzag graphene nanoribons (ZGNRs) into the half-metallic state using a ferroelectric material, poly(vinylidene fluoride) (PVDF). Owing to strong dipole moments of PVDFs, the ground state of the ZGNR becomes half-metallic when a critical coverage of PVDFs is achieved on the ZGNR. Since ferroelectric polymers are physisorbed, the direction of the dipole field in PVDFs can be rotated by relatively small external electric fields, and the switching between half-metallic and insulating states may be achieved. Our results suggest that, without excessively large external gate electric fields, half-metallic states of ZGNRs are realizable through the deposition of ferroelectric polymers and their electronic and magnetic properties are controllable via noninvasive mutual interactions.