• 文献标题:   Spin Filtering and Magneto-Resistive Effect at the Graphene/h-BN Ribbon Interface
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   DUBOIS SMM, DECLERCK X, CHARLIER JC, PAYNE MC
  • 作者关键词:   graphene, boron nitride, nanoribbon, spintronic, spin filter, magnetoresistance
  • 出版物名称:   ACS NANO
  • ISSN:   1936-0851 EI 1936-086X
  • 通讯作者地址:   Univ Cambridge
  • 被引频次:   15
  • DOI:   10.1021/nn401322t
  • 出版年:   2013

▎ 摘  要

Advances in the realization of hybrid graphene/h-BN materials open new ways to control the electronic properties of graphene nanostructures. In this paper, the structural, electronic, and transport properties of heterojunctions made of bare zigzag-shaped h-BN and graphene ribbons are investigated using first-principles techniques. Our results highlight the potential of graphene/h-BN junctions for applications in spintronic devices. At first, density functional theory is used to detail the role played by the edge states and dangling bonds in the electronic and magnetic behavior of h-BN and graphene ribbons. Then, the electronic conductance of the junction Is computed In the framework of Green's function-based scattering theory. In its high-spin configuration, the junction reveals a full spin polarization of the propagating carriers around the Fermi energy, and the magnitude of the transmission probability is predicted to be strongly dependent on the relative orientation of magnetic momenta in the leads.