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Zigzag edges of graphene have long been predicted to exhibit magnetic electronic state near the Fermi level, which can cause spin-related phenomena and offer unique potentials for graphene-based spintronics. However, the magnetic conduction…

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We provide evidence for a finite temperature ferromagnetic transition in 2-dimensions as $H \to 0$ in thin films of $^3$He on graphite, a model system for the study of two-dimensional magnetism. We perform pulsed and CW NMR experiments at…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-11-07 H. M. Bozler , Yuan Gu , Jinshan Zhang , K. S. White , C. M. Gould

Investigations of the magnetic properties of graphenes prepared by different methods reveal that dominant ferromagnetic interactions coexist along with antiferromagnetic interactions in all the samples. Thus, all the graphene samples…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2009-04-20 H. S. S. Ramakrishna Matte , K. S. Subrahmanyam , C. N. R. Rao

When Fe, which is a typical ferromagnet using d- or f-orbital states, is combined with 2D materials such as graphene, it offers many opportunities for spintronics. The origin of 2D magnetism is from magnetic insulating behaviors, which…

Ferromagnetism in carbon-based materials is appealing for both applications and fundamental science purposes because carbon is a light and bio-compatible material that contains only s and p electrons in contrast to traditional ferromagnets…

Materials Science · Physics 2009-10-13 J. Cervenka , M. I. Katsnelson , C. F. J. Flipse

We report magnetization measurements performed on graphite--sulfur composites which demonstrate a clear superconducting behavior below the critical temperature T$_{c0}$ = 35 K. The Meissner-Ochsenfeld effect, screening supercurrents, and…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-11-07 R. Ricardo da Silva , J. H. S. Torres , Y. Kopelevich

We have investigated the magnetic properties of carbon powders which consist of nanodisks, nanocones, and a small fraction of carbon-black particles. Magnetization measurements were carried out using a superconducting quantum interference…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-04 Jozef Cernak , Geir Helgesen , Jozef Kovac , Arne T. Skjeltorp , Josef Voltr

Graphene has various potential applications in electronics and scientists are seeking to introduce magnetic properties on graphene. Here we report our theoretical findings that a local magnetic moment as large as 1 $\mu_B$ can be generated…

Materials Science · Physics 2009-12-01 Xiang He , Zhao-Xu Chen , Zhaosheng Li , Zhigang Zou

The problem of a magnetic impurity, atomic or molecular, absorbed on top of a carbon atom in otherwise clean graphene is studied using the numerical renormalization group. The spectral, thermodynamic, and scattering properties of the…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2009-01-27 P. S. Cornaglia , Gonzalo Usaj , C. A. Balseiro

We report the magnitude of the induced magnetic moment in CVD-grown epitaxial and rotated-domain graphene in proximity with a ferromagnetic Ni film, using polarized neutron reflectivity (PNR) and X-ray magnetic circular dichroism (XMCD).…

Ni3C nanoparticles of about 40 nm have been studied experimentally to exhibit weak ferromagnetic (FM), spin-glass (SG) and paramagnetic (PM) properties. The freezing temperature of the SG phase at zero applied field is determined as, TF0 ~…

Materials Science · Physics 2015-05-13 Chinping Chen , Lin He , Yonghua Leng , Xinggup Li

The rf sputtered copper ferrite films contain nanocrystalline grains. In these films, the magnetization does not saturate even in high magnetic fields. This phenomenon of high field susceptibility is attributed to the defects and/or…

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Understanding magnetoresistance, the change in electrical resistance upon an external magnetic field, at the atomic level is of great interest both fundamentally and technologically. Graphene and other two-dimensional layered materials…

Recently, there have appeared theoretical works on the magnetic properties of graphene and graphene nanoribbons envisaging possible spin-based applications along with fundamental scientific insight. The theoretical efforts, however, appear…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2010-06-25 S. S. Rao , A. Stesmans , Y. Wang , Y. Chen

Hydrogenated nanographite can display spontaneous magnetism. Recently we proposed that hydrogenation of nanographite is able to induce finite magnetization. We have performed theoretical investigation of a graphene ribbon in which each…

Materials Science · Physics 2009-11-07 Koichi Kusakabe , Masanori Maruyama

It is shown that apart from well-known factors, like temperature, substrate, and edge reconstruction effects, also the presence of external contacts is destructive for the formation of magnetic moments at the edges of graphene nanoribbons.…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-11-18 S. Krompiewski

The experimental demonstration of pseudo-magnetic fields exceeding 300 T in graphene [2] nanobubbles represents considerable challenge for the present theory connecting the emergence of gauge fields due to strain in the underlying lattice.…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-04-01 Victor Atanasov

Magnetic properties of graphenic carbon nanostructures, relevant for future spintronic applications, depend crucially on doping and on the presence of defects. In this paper we study the magnetism of the recently detected substitutional Ni…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2008-09-18 E. J. G. Santos , A. Ayuela , S. B. Fagan , J. Mendes Filho , D. L. Azevedo , A. G. Souza Filho , D. Sánchez-Portal

We compute the phase diagram of a biased graphene bilayer. The existence of a ferromagnetic phase is discussed with respect both to carrier density and temperature. We find that the ferromagnetic transition is first order, lowering the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2008-05-06 Eduardo V. Castro , N. M. R. Peres , T. Stauber , N. A. P. Silva