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By applying tight binding model of adatoms in graphene, we study theoretically the localized aspects of the interaction between transition metal atoms and graphene. Considering the electron-electron interaction by adding a Hubbard term in…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2018-06-14 F. Escudero , J. S. Ardenghi , L. Sourrouille , P. Jasen , A. Juan

We consider the theory of Kondo effect and Fano factor energy dependence for magnetic impurity (Co) on graphene. We have performed a first principles calculation and find that the two dimensional $E_1$ representation made of $d_{xz},d_{yz}$…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-06-16 T. O. Wehling , H. P. Dahal , A. I. Lichtenstein , M. I. Katsnelson , H. Manoharan , A. V. Balatsky

Isolated hydrogen atoms absorbed on graphene are predicted to induce magnetic moments. Here we demonstrate that the adsorption of a single hydrogen atom on graphene induces a magnetic moment characterized by a ~20 meV spin-split state at…

Magnetic materials and nanostructures based on carbon offer unique opportunities for future technological applications such as spintronics. This article reviews graphene-derived systems in which magnetic correlations emerge as a result of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2010-04-13 Oleg V. Yazyev

We consider the Kondo effect arising from a hydrogen impurity in graphene. As a first approximation, the strong covalent bond to a carbon atom removes that carbon atom without breaking the $C_{3}$ rotation symmetry, and we only retain the…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2019-10-02 Zheng Shi , Emilian M. Nica , Ian Affleck

The Coulomb impurity problem of graphene, in the absence of a magnetic field, displays discrete scale invariance. Applying a magnetic field introduces a new magnetic length scale $\ell$ and breaks discrete scale invariance. Moreover, a…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-08-30 Hoang-Anh Le , S. -R. Eric Yang

We investigate the physics of a magnetic impurity with spin 1/2 in a correlated metallic host. Describing the band by a Hubbard Hamiltonian, the problem is analyzed using dynamical mean-field-theory in combination with Wilson's…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2009-10-31 W. Hofstetter , R. Bulla , D. Vollhardt

In this letter, the Kondo magnetic effect is studied for the $XXZ$ spin chain where the impurities are coupled to the edges of the system. The Hamiltonian of our model can be constructed from the transfer matrix. It is exactly solvable and…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2009-10-31 Zhan-Ning Hu , Fu-Cho Pu

Based on ab-initio calculations we identify possible scenarios for the Kondo effect due to Co ad-atoms on graphene. General symmetry arguments show that for magnetic atoms in high-symmetry positions, the Kondo effect in graphene is…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2010-03-22 T. O. Wehling , A. V. Balatsky , M. I. Katsnelson , A. I. Lichtenstein , A. Rosch

Using Keldysh nonequilibrium Green's function method we study the spin-dependent transport through impurity-doped few layer graphene sandwiched between two magnetic leads with an arbitrary mutual orientations of the magnetizations. We find…

Materials Science · Physics 2015-05-20 Kai-He Ding , Zhen-Gang Zhu , Zhen-Hua Zhang , Jamal Berakdar

In normal metals, the magnetic moment of impurity spins disappears below a characteristic Kondo temperature, TK, where coupling with the conduction-band electrons produces an entangled state that screens the local moment. In contrast,…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-07-23 Jinhai Mao , Yuhang Jiang , Po-Wei Lo , Daniel May , Guohong Li , Guang-Yu Guo , Frithjof Anders , Takashi Taniguchi , Kenji Watanabe , Eva Y. Andrei

We have studied the magnetotransport of conical and disk-shaped nanocarbon particles in magnetic fields $\left|B\right|\leq9\:\mathrm{T}$ at temperatures $2\leq T\leq300\:\mathrm{K}$ to characterize electron scattering in a three…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-07-28 Jozef Černák , Geir Helgesen , Fredrik Sydow Hage , Jozef Kováč

We study Kondo physics of a spin-$\frac{1}{2}$ impurity in electronic matter with strong spin-orbit interaction, which can be realized by depositing magnetic adatoms on the surface of a three-dimensional topological insulator. We show that…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2015-12-10 L. Isaev , G. Ortiz , I. Vekhter

We review the problem of spin decoherence of magnetic atoms deposited on a surface. Recent breakthroughs in scanning tunnelling microscopy (STM) make it possible to probe the spin dynamics of individual atoms, either isolated or integrated…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-02-14 F. Delgado , J. Fernández-Rossier

Graphene has attracted a great interest in material science due to its novel electronic structrues. Recently, magnetism discovered in graphene based systems opens the possibility of their spintronics application. This paper provides a…

Materials Science · Physics 2009-09-24 Erjun Kan , Zhenyu Li , Jinlong Yang

First-principles density functional theory (DFT) study of embedding V and Nb atom in monovacant and divacant graphene is reported. Complete/almost complete spin polarization is verified for V/Nb embedding in MV/DV graphene. The origin of…

Materials Science · Physics 2018-04-26 Jyoti Thakur , Manish K. Kashyap , Hardev S. Saini , Ali H. Reshak

We consider the problem of screening of an electrically charged impurity in a clean graphene sheet. When electron-electron interactions are neglected, the screening charge has a sign opposite to that of the impurity, and is localized near…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2007-11-29 Rudro R. Biswas , Subir Sachdev , Dam T. Son

We investigate the effect of edge defects (vacancies) and impurities (substitutional dopants) on the robustness of spin-polarization in graphene nanoribbons (GNRs) with zigzag edges, using density-functional-theory calculations. We found…

Materials Science · Physics 2009-11-13 Bing Huang , Feng Liu , Jian Wu , Bing-Lin Gu , Wenhui Duan

We report a theoretical low-field magnetotransport study unveiling the effect of pseudospin in realistic models of weakly disordered graphene-based materials. Using an efficient Kubo computational method, and simulating the effect of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-03-11 Frank Ortmann , Alessandro Cresti , Gilles Montambaux , Stephan Roche

The magnetic properties of graphene-related materials and in particular the spin-polarised edge states predicted for pristine graphene nanoribbons (GNRs) with certain edge geometries have received much attention recently due to a range of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-05-30 S. R. Power , V. M. de Menezes , S. B. Fagan , M. S. Ferreira