Physics – Condensed Matter – Materials Science
Scientific paper
2010-01-06
Nanotechnology, 21, 355201 (2010)
Physics
Condensed Matter
Materials Science
4 pages, 3 figures, 1 table
Scientific paper
The electronic and magnetic properties of graphane with H-vacancies are investigated with the help of quantum-chemistry methods. The hybridization of the edges is found to be absolutely crucial in defining the size of the bandgap, which is increased from 3.04 eV to 7.51 eV when the hybridization is changed from the sp^2 to the sp^3 type. The H-vacancy defects also influence the size of the gap depending on the number of defects and their distribution between the two sides of the graphane plane. Further, the H-vacancy defects induced on one side of the graphane plane and placed on the neighboring carbon atoms are found to be the source of ferromagnetism which is distinguished by the high stability of the state with a large spin number in comparison to that of the singlet state and is expected to persist even at room temperatures. However, the ferromagnetic ordering of the spins is obtained to be limited by the concentration of H-vacancy defects and ordering would be preserved if number of defects do not exceed eight.
Berashevich Julia
Chakraborty Tapash
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