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We show that the carrier-mediated exchange interaction, the so-called RKKY coupling, between two magnetic impurity moments in graphene is significantly modified in the presence of electron-electron interactions. Using the mean-field…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2013-05-29 Annica M. Black-Schaffer

The chapter combines analytical (statistical-thermodynamic and kinetic) with numerical (Kubo-Greenwood-formalism-based) approaches used to ascertain an influence of the configurations of point (impurities, vacancies) and line (grain…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-06-04 T. M. Radchenko , V. A. Tatarenko , I. Yu. Sagalianov , Yu. I. Prylutskyy

We report the dependence of Ruderman-Kittel-Kasuya-Yoshida\,(RKKY) interaction on nonmagmetic disorder and gate voltage in grapheme. First the semiclassical method is employed to reserve the expression for RKKY interaction in clean…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2012-11-28 Hyunyong Lee , E. R. Mucciolo , Georges Bouzerar , S. Kettemann

We propose a unique way to control both bandgap and the magnetic properties of nanoscale graphene, which might prove highly beneficial for application in nanoelectronic and spintronic devices. We have shown that chemical doping by nitrogen…

Materials Science · Physics 2015-05-13 Julia Berashevich , Tapash Chakraborty

Magnetic impurities embedded in a metal interact via an effective Ruderman-Kittel-Kasuya-Yosida (RKKY) coupling mediated by the conduction electrons, which is commonly assumed to be long ranged, with an algebraic decay in the inter-impurity…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2015-03-05 Andrew Allerdt , C. A. Busser , G. B. Martins , A. E. Feiguin

The electron-electron interactions effects on the shape of the Fermi surface of doped graphene are investigated. The actual discrete nature of the lattice is fully taken into account. A $\pi$-band tight-binding model, with nearest-neighbor…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2008-03-14 R. Roldan , M. P. Lopez-Sancho , F. Guinea

We present a theoretical study of indirect exchange interaction between magnetic adatoms in graphene. The coupling between the adatoms to a graphene sheet is described in the framework of tunneling Hamiltonian. We account for the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-11-04 Igor Krainov , Igor Rozhansky , Nikita Averkiev , Erkki Lahderanta

In this review we highlight recent theoretical and experimental work on sublattice asymmetric doping of impurities in graphene, with a focus on substitutional Nitrogen dopants. It is well known that one current limitation of graphene in…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-11-13 James A. Lawlor , Mauro S. Ferreira

We study the carrier-mediated exchange interaction, the so-called RKKY coupling, between two magnetic moments in graphene using exact diagonalization on the honeycomb lattice. By using the tight-binding nearest neighbor band structure of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-05-29 Annica M. Black-Schaffer

We investigate electronic transport in the nitrogen-doped graphene containing different configurations of point defects: singly or doubly substituting N atoms and nitrogen-vacancy complexes. The results are numerically obtained using the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-08-06 T. M. Radchenko , V. A. Tatarenko , I. Yu. Sagalianov , Yu. I. Prylutskyy

A form of an indirect Ruderman-Kittel-Kasuya-Yosida (RKKY)-like coupling between magnetic on-site impurities in armchair graphene nanoribbons is studied theoretically. The calculations are based on a tight-binding model for a finite…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-04-05 Karol Szałowski

Unlike single layer graphene, in the case of $AB$-stacked bilayer graphene (BLG) one can induce a non-zero energy gap by breaking the inversion symmetry between the two layers using a perpendicular electric field. This is an essential…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-09-05 G. A. Nemnes , T. L. Mitran , A. Manolescu , Daniela Dragoman

Doping of the graphene lattice with transition metal atoms resulting in high magnetic anisotropy energy (MAE) is an important goal of materials research owing to its potential application in spintronics. In this article, by using…

Graphene has been identified as a promising material with numerous applications, particularly in spintronics. In this paper we investigate the peculiar features of spin excitations of magnetic units deposited on graphene nanoribbons and how…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-12-28 F. S. M. Guimarães , J. Duffy , A. T. Costa , R. B. Muniz , M. S. Ferreira

Inducing a robust long-range magnetic order in diamagnetic graphene remains a challenge. While nitrogen-doped graphene is reported to be a promising candidate, the corresponding exchange mechanism endures unclear and is essential to tune…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-04-02 Rohit Babar , Mukul Kabir

A possibility to control magnetic properties by using electric fields is one of the most desirable characteristics for spintronics applications. Finding a suitable material remains an elusive goal, with only a few candidates found so far.…

Understanding the magnetic properties of graphenic nanostructures is instrumental in future spintronics applications. These magnetic properties are known to depend crucially on the presence of defects. Here we review our recent theoretical…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-04-02 Elton J. G. Santos , Andres Ayuela , Daniel Sanchez-Portal

The nonlinear magneto-optic responses are investigated for gapped graphene and doped graphene in a perpendicular magnetic field. The electronic states are described by Landau levels, and the electron dynamics in an optical field is obtained…

Materials Science · Physics 2018-03-21 J. L. Cheng , C. Guo

We investigate the effects of nonmagnetic disorder on the Ruderman-Kittel-Kasuya-Yoshida (RKKY) interaction in graphene by studying numerically the Anderson model with on-site and hopping disorder on a honeycomb lattice at half filling. We…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2012-03-27 Hyunyong Lee , Junghoon Kim , E. R. Mucciolo , Georges Bouzerar , S. Kettemann

We have systematically investigated the Ruderman-Kittel-Kasuya-Yosida (RKKY) interaction between two magnetic impurities in Weyl semimetals with arbitrary monopole charge $Q$. We find that the RKKY interaction becomes intrinsically…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-10-25 Yong Sun , Anmin Wang