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We theoretically consider magnetization dynamics in a ferromagnetic slab induced by the magnetic field of a strong femtosecond laser pulse. The longitudinal geometry, in which the initial magnetization lies in both the plane of incidence…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-04-01 Evgeny A. Karashtin , Tatiana V. Murzina

We theoretically design a graphene-based all-organic ferromagnetic semiconductor by terminating zigzag graphene nanoribbons (ZGNRs) with organic magnets. A large spin-split gap with 100% spin polarized density of states near the Fermi…

Materials Science · Physics 2017-09-13 D. Hou , J. H. Wei , S. J. Xie

The grain boundaries (GBs) of a graphene surface were extensively studied because GBs with specific defect configurations result in the formation of new curved structures, which can be treated as new carbon allotropes. We studied the…

Materials Science · Physics 2018-01-17 Jun Ma , Xiaying Li , Longjing Yin , Wenxiao Wang , Qi Sun , Yu Yang , Ping Zhang , Jiacai Nie , Changmin Xiong , Ruifen Dou

Highly Ordered Pyrolytic Graphite (HOPG) has been extensively researched due to its chemical and physical properties that make it suitable for applications in several technologies. Its high thermal conductivity makes HOPG an excellent heat…

Superperiodic patterns were observed by STM on two kinds of finite-sized graphene sheets. One is nanographene sheets inclined from a highly oriented pyrolitic graphite (HOPG) substrate and the other is several-layer-thick graphene sheets…

The introduction and control of ferromagnetism in graphene opens up a range of new directions for fundamental and applied studies. Several approaches have been pursued so far, such as introduction of defects, functionalization with adatoms,…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-11-04 J. C. Leutenantsmeyer , A. A. Kaverzin , M. Wojtaszek , B. J. van Wees

Room temperature ferromagnetic hysteresis is observed in commercial SrTiO$_3$ substrates purchased from a variety of suppliers. It is shown that the ferromagnetic signal comes from the unpolished surfaces. Surface impurity phases cannot be…

Materials Science · Physics 2015-05-19 D. A. Crandles , B. DesRoches , F. S. Razavi

We have studied the c-axis interlayer magnetoresistance (ILMR), R_c(B) in graphite. The measurements have been performed on strongly anisotropic highly oriented pyrolytic graphite (HOPG) samples in magnetic field up to B = 9 T applied both…

Materials Science · Physics 2015-05-18 Y. Kopelevich , R. R. da Silva , J. C. Medina Pantoja , A. M. Bratkovsky

We theoretically study the diamagnetic levitation and the thermal-driven motion of graphite. Using the quantum-mechanically derived magnetic susceptibility, we compute the equilibrium position of levitating graphite over a periodic…

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Defect engineering in two-dimensional (2D) materials is essential for advancing applications such as gas sensing, single-atom catalysis, and guided nanoparticle self-assembly, enabling the creation of materials with tailored…

It has been a long-standing goal to create magnetism in a nonmagnetic material by manipulating its structure at the nanometer scale. This idea may be realized in graphitic carbon: evidence suggests magnetic states at the edges of graphene…

Materials Science · Physics 2010-09-01 Steven C. Erwin , Franz J. Himpsel

The electron hole asymmetry has been measured in natural graphite using magneto-optical absorption measurements. A splitting is observed for the transitions at both the $K$-point and the $H$-point of the Brillouin zone of graphite where the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2011-11-14 P. Plochocka , P. Y. Solane , R. J. Nicholas , J. M. Schneider , B. A. Piot , D. K. Maude , O. Portugall , G. L. J. A. Rikken

Experimental evidence for ferromagnetic ordering in isotropic atomically thin two-dimensional crystals has been missing until a bilayer Cr2Ge2Te6, and a three-atom thick monolayer CrI3 are shown to retain ferromagnetic ordering at finite…

Using NMTO-{\it downfolding} technique, we explore and establish the origin of ferromagnetism in the pyrochlore system, Tl$_{2}$Mn$_{2}$O$_{7}$. It is found to be driven by hybridization induced spin-polarization of the delocalized charge…

Materials Science · Physics 2009-11-11 T. Saha-Dasgupta , Molly De Raychaudhury , D. D. Sarma

Graphite, a model (semi)metal with trigonally warped bands, is investigated with magneto-absorption experiment and viewed as an electronic system in the vicinity of the Lifshitz transition. A characteristic pattern of up to twenty cyclotron…

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We discuss several mechanisms of magnetism and band opening in graphene produced by its hydrogenation and fluorination that can be examined experimentally.

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2010-05-06 A. M. Panich

We calculate the electronic structure and magnetic properties of hydrogenated graphite surfaces using van der Waals density functional theory (DFT) and model Hamiltonians. We find, as previously reported, that the interaction between…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-03-06 M. Moaied , J. V. Alvarez , J. J. Palacios

Recent experiments report the existence of ferromagnetic and superconducting fluctuations in graphite at unexpectedly high temperatures. The interplay of disorder and interactions in a 2D graphene layer is shown to give rise to a rich phase…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2009-11-10 M. A. H. Vozmediano , F. Guinea , M. P. Lopez-Sancho

Describing by a Hubbard type of model a thin armchair graphene ribbon in the armchair hexagon chain limit, one shows in exact terms, that even if the system does not have flat bands at all, at low concentration a mesoscopic sample can have…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2015-05-18 R. Trencsenyi , Z. Gulacsi

Several experiments have recently found room-temperature ferromagnetism in graphite-like carbon based materials. This paper offers a model explaining such ferromagnetism by using an asymmetric nano-graphene. Our first typical model is…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2011-01-28 Norio Ota , Narjes Gorjizadeh , Yoshiyuki Kawazoe