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Approaching magnetic ordering in graphene materials by FeCl$_3$ intercalation

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics 2015-06-17 v1

Abstract

We show the successful intercalation of large area (1 cm2^2) epitaxial few-layer graphene grown on 4H-SiC with FeCl3_3. Upon intercalation the resistivity of this system drops from an average value of 200 Ω/sq\approx 200 \ \Omega/sq to 16 Ω/sq\approx 16 \ \Omega/sq at room temperature. The magneto-conductance shows a weak localization feature with a temperature dependence typical of graphene Dirac fermions demonstrating the decoupling into parallel hole gases of each carbon layer composing the FeCl3_3 intercalated structure. The phase coherence length (1.2μ\approx 1.2 \mum at 280 mK) decreases rapidly only for temperatures higher than the 2-D magnetic ordering in the intercalant layer while it tends to saturate for temperatures lower than the antiferromagnetic ordering between the planes of FeCl3_3 molecules providing the first evidence for magnetic ordering in the extreme two-dimensional limit of graphene.

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@article{arxiv.1506.04959,
  title  = {Approaching magnetic ordering in graphene materials by FeCl$_3$ intercalation},
  author = {T. H. Bointon and I. Khrapach and R. Yakimova and A. V. Shytov and M. F. Craciun and S. Russo},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1506.04959},
  year   = {2015}
}

Comments

Nano Lett, volume 14, no. 4, pages 1751-1755

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