• 文献标题:   Strain-tunable half-metallicity in hybrid graphene-hBN monolayer superlattices
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   MENG FC, ZHANG SQ, LEE IH, JUN S, CIOBANU CV
  • 作者关键词:   2d material, graphene, boron nitride, hybriddomain, strain engineering, spintronic
  • 出版物名称:   APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE
  • ISSN:   0169-4332 EI 1873-5584
  • 通讯作者地址:   McGill Univ
  • 被引频次:   5
  • DOI:   10.1016/j.apsusc.2016.03.085
  • 出版年:   2016

▎ 摘  要

As research in 2-D materials evolves toward combinations of different materials, interesting electronic and spintronic properties are revealed" and may be exploited in future devices. A way to combine materials is the formation of spatially periodic domain boundaries in an atom-thick monolayer: as shown in recent reports, when these domains are made of graphene and hexagonal boron nitride, the resulting superlattice has half-metallic properties in which one spin component is (semi)metallic and the other is semiconductor. We explore here the range of spin-dependent electronic properties that such superlattices can develop for different type of domain boundaries, domain widths, and values of tensile strain applied to the monolayer. We show evidence of an interplay between strain and domain width in determining the electronic properties: while for armchair boundaries the bandgap is the same for both spin components, superlattices with zigzag boundaries exhibit rich spin-dependent behavior, including different bandgaps for each spin component, half-metallicity, and reversal of half-metallicity. These findings can lead to new ways of controlling the spintronic properties in hybrid-domain monolayers, which may be exploited in devices based on 2-D materials. (C) 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.