Metal-terminated Graphene Nanoribbons

Details Metal-terminated Graphene Nanoribbons Metal-terminated Graphene Nanoribbons

2010-05-17

arxiv.org/abs/1005.3075v2

Phys. Rev. B 82, 205429 (2010)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics

5 pages, 4 figures

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevB.82.205429

We have investigated structure, electronic, and magnetic properties of metal-terminated zigzag graphene nanoribbons (M-ZGNRs) by first-principles calculations. Two families of metal terminations are studied: (1) 3d-transition metals (TMs) Fe, Co, and Ni and (2) noble metals (NMs) Cu, Ag, and Au. All systems have spin-polarized edge states with antiferromagnetic (AFM) ordering between two edges, except Co-ZGNRs and Ni-ZGNRs which exhibit negligibly small energy differences between AFM and ferromagnetic states with the given ribbon width. In the AFM state the TM terminations transform semiconducting ZGNRs into metallic ones while the band gap remains in ZGNR with NM terminations. Ferromagnetic states of M-ZGNRs with TM terminations show a high degree of spin polarization at the Fermi energy. We predict a large magnetoresistance in Fe-ZGNR junctions with a low, uniform magnetic switching field.

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