Half-metallic silicon nanowires

Details Half-metallic silicon nanowires Half-metallic silicon nanowires

2007-04-01

arxiv.org/abs/0704.0109v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Materials Science

5 pagesm 4 figures

Scientific paper

From first-principles calculations, we predict that transition metal (TM) atom doped silicon nanowires have a half-metallic ground state. They are insulators for one spin-direction, but show metallic properties for the opposite spin direction. At high coverage of TM atoms, ferromagnetic silicon nanowires become metallic for both spin-directions with high magnetic moment and may have also significant spin-polarization at the Fermi level. The spin-dependent electronic properties can be engineered by changing the type of dopant TM atoms, as well as the diameter of the nanowire. Present results are not only of scientific interest, but can also initiate new research on spintronic applications of silicon nanowires.

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