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We theoretically investigate the stability and transport properties of topological interface states (IFs) in 9-7-9 and 15-13-15 armchair graphene nanoribbon heterostructures (AGNRHs) laterally embedded in boron nitride (BN) sheets. Two…
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Granular $\text{L}1_0$-FePt thin films with small columnar grains are essential for heat-assisted magnetic recording media. While hexagonal boron nitride(h-BN) has proven effective for promoting columnar FePt grains, we explored multilayer…
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Atomically thin boron nitride (BN) nanosheets are important two-dimensional nanomaterials with many unique properties distinct from those of graphene, but the investigation of their mechanical properties still greatly lacks. Here we report…
Nanofabrication research pursues the miniaturization of patterned feature size. In the current state of the art, micron scale areas can be patterned with features down to ~ 30 nm pitch using electron beam lithography. Our work demonstrates…
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We study the low-energy electronic structure of heterostructures formed by one sheet of graphene placed on a monolayer of ${\rm NbSe_2}$. We build a continuous low-energy effective model that takes into account the presence of a twist angle…
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Carbon-based nanostructures and graphene, in particular, evoke a lot of interest as new promising materials for nanoelectronics and spintronics. One of the most important issue in this context is the impact of external electrodes on…
Among their amazing properties, graphene and related low-dimensional materials show quantized charge-density fluctuations--known as plasmons--when exposed to photons or electrons of suitable energies. Graphene nanoribbons offer an enhanced…
When combined with graphene, hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN) is an ideal substrate and gate dielectric with which to build metalh-BN|graphene field-effect devices. We use first-principles density functional theory (DFT) calculations for…
In this work, we have studied the chemical and magnetic interactions of Fe_n; n <= 6, clusters with a divacancy site in a graphene sheet by ab-initio density functional calculations. Our results show significant chemical interactions…