• 文献标题:   Dynamic RKKY interaction between magnetic moments in graphene nanoribbons
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   GUIMARAES FSM, DUFFY J, COSTA AT, MUNIZ RB, FERREIRA MS
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  • 出版物名称:   PHYSICAL REVIEW B
  • ISSN:   2469-9950 EI 2469-9969
  • 通讯作者地址:   Forschungszentrum Julich
  • 被引频次:   2
  • DOI:   10.1103/PhysRevB.94.235439
  • 出版年:   2016

▎ 摘  要

Graphene has been identified as a promising material with numerous applications, particularly in spintronics. In this paper we investigate the peculiar features of spin excitations of magnetic units deposited on graphene nanoribbons and how they can couple through a dynamical interaction mediated by spin currents. We examine in detail the spin lifetimes and identify a pattern caused by vanishing density of states sites in pristine ribbons with armchair borders. Impurities located on these sites become practically invisible to the interaction but can be made accessible by a gate voltage or doping. We also demonstrate that the coupling between impurities can be turned on or off using this characteristic, which may be used to control the transfer of information in transistorlike devices.