We present a study of electronic properties of zigzag graphene nanoribbons （ZGNRs） substitutionally doped with nitrogen atoms at a single edge by first principle calculations. We find that the two edge states near t...We present a study of electronic properties of zigzag graphene nanoribbons （ZGNRs） substitutionally doped with nitrogen atoms at a single edge by first principle calculations. We find that the two edge states near the Fermi level sepa- rate due to the asymmetric nitrogen-doping. The ground states of these systems become ferromagnetic because the local magnetic moments along the undoped edges remain and those along the doped edges are suppressed. By controlling the charge-doping level, the magnetic moments of the whole ribbons are modulated. Proper charge doping leads to interest- ing half-metallic and single-edge conducting ribbons which would be helpful for designing graphene-nanoribbon-based spintronic devices in the future.展开更多
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.10834012 and 11374342)National Key Basic Research and Development Program of China(Grant No.2009CB930700)the Knowledge Innovation Foundation of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(Grant No.KJCX2-YW-W35)
文摘We present a study of electronic properties of zigzag graphene nanoribbons （ZGNRs） substitutionally doped with nitrogen atoms at a single edge by first principle calculations. We find that the two edge states near the Fermi level sepa- rate due to the asymmetric nitrogen-doping. The ground states of these systems become ferromagnetic because the local magnetic moments along the undoped edges remain and those along the doped edges are suppressed. By controlling the charge-doping level, the magnetic moments of the whole ribbons are modulated. Proper charge doping leads to interest- ing half-metallic and single-edge conducting ribbons which would be helpful for designing graphene-nanoribbon-based spintronic devices in the future.
