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Perfect Spin-filtering in graphene monolayer-bilayer superlattice with zigzag boundaries

We show that the spontaneous magnetization is formed at the zigzag boundary between monolayer and bilayer graphene by the self-consistent calculation based on Hubbard model. In a monolayer- bilayer graphene superlattice with zigzag boundaries, it is surprising that nearly 100% spin polarization is a...

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Autores principales: Yu, Hang, Liu, Jun-Feng
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4853706/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27140666
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep25361
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description We show that the spontaneous magnetization is formed at the zigzag boundary between monolayer and bilayer graphene by the self-consistent calculation based on Hubbard model. In a monolayer- bilayer graphene superlattice with zigzag boundaries, it is surprising that nearly 100% spin polarization is achieved in the energy window around the Dirac point, no matter the magnetization configuration at two boundaries is parallel or antiparallel. The reason is that the low-energy transport is only influenced by the magnetization at one edge, but not by that at the other. The underlying physics is unveiled by the spin-split band structure and the distribution of the wave-function pertaining to the lowest (highest) subband of electron (hole).
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spelling pubmed-48537062016-05-16 Perfect Spin-filtering in graphene monolayer-bilayer superlattice with zigzag boundaries Yu, Hang Liu, Jun-Feng Sci Rep Article We show that the spontaneous magnetization is formed at the zigzag boundary between monolayer and bilayer graphene by the self-consistent calculation based on Hubbard model. In a monolayer- bilayer graphene superlattice with zigzag boundaries, it is surprising that nearly 100% spin polarization is achieved in the energy window around the Dirac point, no matter the magnetization configuration at two boundaries is parallel or antiparallel. The reason is that the low-energy transport is only influenced by the magnetization at one edge, but not by that at the other. The underlying physics is unveiled by the spin-split band structure and the distribution of the wave-function pertaining to the lowest (highest) subband of electron (hole). Nature Publishing Group 2016-05-03 /pmc/articles/PMC4853706/ /pubmed/27140666 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep25361 Text en Copyright © 2016, Macmillan Publishers Limited http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in the credit line; if the material is not included under the Creative Commons license, users will need to obtain permission from the license holder to reproduce the material. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4853706/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27140666
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