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Hidden multiferroic order in graphene zigzag ribbons

Strongly Correlated Electrons 2008-03-05 v1 Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics

Abstract

The insulating magnetic phase in graphene zigzag ribbons, predicted both by density functional and mean field Hubbard model calculations, is described without additional approximations with a BCS wave function of two phase-locked condensates of spin-polarized electron-hole pairs. The associated order parameter is the spin dipole operator that features both magnetic and electric order and accounts for the spin-resolved ferroelectricity of the system. Each condensate is associated to a spin-dependent dipole and their relative phase locking sets the total electric dipole and total magnetization equal to zero.

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@article{arxiv.0710.3484,
  title  = {Hidden multiferroic order in graphene zigzag ribbons},
  author = {J. Fernández-Rossier},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0710.3484},
  year   = {2008}
}

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4 pages, 3 figures

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