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Half-metallic graphene nanoribbons

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  • Young-Woo Son

    (University of California at Berkeley
    Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)

  • Marvin L. Cohen

    (University of California at Berkeley
    Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)

  • Steven G. Louie

    (University of California at Berkeley
    Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)

Abstract

Go halves on metals The existence of curious materials called 'half metals' is predicted: they are metallic only for half of the available free electrons, namely those in a particular spin orientation. For the other half of electrons, with the opposite spin, a half-metal is insulating. There is some experimental evidence for half-metallic behaviour, and substantial efforts are being made to find such materials that could be of practical use in spintronics. Based on first-principles calculations, Son et al. predict half-metallic behaviour in nanometre-scale ribbons of graphene. The property emerges when homogeneous electric fields are applied across the nanoribbons, with the zigzag-shaped edges attached to the voltage contacts. This work could be a step towards graphene-based nanospintronics.

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  • Young-Woo Son & Marvin L. Cohen & Steven G. Louie, 2006. "Half-metallic graphene nanoribbons," Nature, Nature, vol. 444(7117), pages 347-349, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:444:y:2006:i:7117:d:10.1038_nature05180
    DOI: 10.1038/nature05180
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