Spintronic Transport in Armchair Graphene Nanoribbon with Ferromagnetic Electrodes: Half-Metallic Properties

Utilizing first-principles theory, we demonstrate that half-metallicity can be realized in a junction composed of non-magnetic armchair graphene nanoribbon (AGNR) and ferromagnetic Ni electrodes. The half-metallic property originates from the AGNR energy gap of the up spin located at the Fermi energ...

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Main Authors: Liu, Hongmei, Kondo, Hisashi, Ohno, Takahisa
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Springer US 2016
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5063834/