Spin-asymmetric graphene nanoribbons in graphane on silicon dioxide

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2011-02-21

arxiv.org/abs/1102.4183v2

Phys. Rev. B 84, 041403(R) (2011)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevB.84.041403

Hydrogenated graphene, graphane, is studied on oxygen-terminated silicon dioxide substrate using ab initio calculations. A structure with hydrogenation only on one side of the graphene layer is found stable and its hydrogen configurations are presented. Additionally, we form zigzag graphene nanoribbons by selectively removing hydrogens from the epitaxial graphane layer. In these ribbons, the spin degeneracy of the freestanding antiferromagnetic zigzag ribbons is broken, and band gaps of different magnitude emerge for the opposite spin species. This degeneracy breaking is due to a charge imbalance in the substrate below the ribbon, introduced through the asymmetric alignment of the substrate atoms with respect to the edges of the graphene ribbon.

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