Magnetic Correlations at Graphene Edges

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2007-11-01

arxiv.org/abs/0711.0207v1

Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, 047209 (2008)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Materials Science

4 pages, 4 figures

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevLett.100.047209

Magnetic zigzag edges of graphene are considered as a basis for novel spintronics devices despite the fact that no true long-range magnetic order is possible in one dimension. We study the transverse and longitudinal fluctuations of magnetic moments at zigzag edges of graphene from first principles. We find a high value for the spin wave stiffness $D$ = 2100 meV \AA$^2$ and a spin-collinear domain wall creation energy $E_dw$ = 114 meV accompanied by low magnetic anisotropy. Above the crossover temperature $T_x \approx$10 K the spin correlation length $\xi \propto T^{-1}$ limits the long-range magnetic order to ~1 nm at 300 K while below $T_x$ it grows exponentially with decreasing temperature. We discuss possible ways of increasing the range of magnetic order and effects of edge roughness on it.

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