Physics – Condensed Matter – Materials Science
Scientific paper
2010-02-23
Physics
Condensed Matter
Materials Science
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Scientific paper
The properties of organometallic wires [TM2(Ant)] constructed with transitional metals (TM = Sc, Ti, V, Cr, Mn and Fe) and anthracene (Ant) are investigated by first-principles calculations. As the gap between HOMO (Highest Occupied Molecular Orbital) and LUMO (Lowest Unoccupied Molecular Orbital) of Ant is much smaller than that of benzene (Bz), much larger charge transfer (CT) occurs between TMs and Ant, which results in much more diverse magnetic properties in [TM2(Ant)] than in [TM2(Ant)]. Particularly, [V2(Ant)] and [Cr2(Ant)] are found to be half-metallic ferromagnets. As a result of this and the better structural stability, compared with [TM(Bz)], [TM2(Ant)] (like [V2(Ant)] and [Cr2(Ant)]) may be better candidates of spintronic devices. Furthermore, as the HOMO-LUMO gap of small pieces of graphene (SPG), such as pentacene and coronene, decreases with the increase of polycyclic number, the CT effects may also fit for the TM-SPG sandwich polymers which can also act as good spintronic materials.
Wang Xianlong
Zeng Zhi
Zheng Xiaohong
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