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Graphene is a model system for the study of electrons confined to a strictly two-dimensional layer1 and a large number of electronic phenomena have been demonstrated in graphene, from the fractional2, 3 quantum Hall effect to…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-05-18 Jian-Hao Chen , W. G. Cullen , E. D. Williams , M. S. Fuhrer

Vacancy-induced magnetism in graphene bilayers is investigated using spin-polarized density functional theory calculations. One of two graphene layers has a monovacancy. Two atomic configurations for bilayers are considered with respect to…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-11-13 Sangkook Choi , Byoung Wook Jeong , Seungchul Kim , Gunn Kim

Removing a single-carbon vacancy introduces (quasi-)localized states for both and electrons in graphene. Interactions between the localized dangling bond and quasilocalized electrons of a single-carbon vacancy in graphene are predicted to…

Materials Science · Physics 2018-11-07 Yu Zhang , Fei Gao , Shiwu Gao , Lin He

We study the spin relaxation in graphene due to magnetic moments induced by defects. We propose and employ in our studies a microscopic model that describes magnetic impurity scattering processes mediated by charge puddles. This model…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-08-28 Vladimir G. Miranda , Eduardo R. Mucciolo , Caio H. Lewenkopf

Void-defect is a possible origin of ferromagnetic feature on pure carbon materials. In our previous paper, void-defect on graphene-nanoribbon show highly polarized spin configuration. In this paper, we studied cases for graphene molecules…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-07-06 Norio Ota , Aigen Li , Laszlo Nemes , Masaaki Otsuka

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 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

The detailed analysis of the problem of possible magnetic behavior of the carbon-based structures was fulfilled to elucidate and resolve (at least partially) some unclear issues. It was the purpose of the present paper to look somewhat more…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2013-03-26 A. L. Kuzemsky

The presence of defects can introduce important changes in the electronic structure of graphene, leading to phenomena such as C magnetism. In addition, vacancies are reactive and permit the incorporation of dopants. This paper discusses the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-11-14 T. P. Kaloni , M. Upadhyay Kahaly , R. Faccio , U. Schwingenschlögl

We address the electronic structure and magnetic properties of vacancies and voids both in graphene and graphene ribbons. Using a mean field Hubbard model, we study the appearance of magnetic textures associated to removing a single atom…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2008-11-27 J. J. Palacios , J. Fernandez-Rossier , L. Brey

The observation of intrinsic magnetic order in graphene and graphene-based materials relies on the formation of magnetic moments and a sufficiently strong mutual interaction. Vacancies are arguably considered the primary source of magnetic…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2012-06-29 J. J. Palacios , F. Yndurain

We examine the conditions necessary for the presence of localized magnetic moments on adatoms with inner shell electrons in graphene. We show that the low density of states at the Dirac point, and the anomalous broadening of the adatom…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2008-07-13 Bruno Uchoa , Valeri N. Kotov , N. M. R. Peres , A. H. Castro Neto

We theoretically investigate the effects of atomic defect related short-range disorders and electron-electron interactions on Anderson type localization and the magnetic properties of hexagonal armchair graphene quantum dots using an…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-08-01 A. Altıntaş , A. D. Güçlü

Hydrogen adatoms are shown to generate magnetic moments inside single layer graphene. Spin transport measurements on graphene spin valves exhibit a dip in the non-local spin signal as a function of applied magnetic field, which is due to…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-02-06 Kathleen M. McCreary , Adrian G. Swartz , Wei Han , Jaroslav Fabian , Roland K. Kawakami

Hydrogen adatoms induced magnetic moment on graphene has been observed in atomic scale in a recent experiment [Gonzalez-Herrero et al., Science 352, 437 (2016)]. Here, we demonstrate that all the experimental phenomena can be simply and…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-11-19 Shuai Li , Rui Yu , Jin-Hua Gao , X. C. Xie

Using density functional theory (DFT), Hartree-Fock, exact diagonalization, and numerical renormalization group methods we study the electronic structure of diluted hydrogen atoms chemisorbed on graphene. A comparison between DFT and…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2012-03-07 J. O. Sofo , Gonzalo Usaj , P. S. Cornaglia , A. M. Suarez , A. D. Hernández-Nieves , C. A. Balseiro

Using density-functional calculations, we study the effect of sp$^3$-type defects created by different covalent functionalizations on the electronic and magnetic properties of graphene. We find that the induced magnetic properties are {\it…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-03 Elton J. G. Santos , Andrés Ayuela , Daniel Sánchez-Portal

The electronic and magnetic properties of graphane with H-vacancies are investigated with the help of quantum-chemistry methods. The hybridization of the edges is found to be absolutely crucial in defining the size of the bandgap, which is…

Materials Science · Physics 2015-05-14 Julia Berashevich , Tapash Chakraborty

The electronic transport properties of single layer graphene having a dilute coating of indium adatoms has been investigated. Our studies establish that isolated indium atoms donate electrons to graphene and become a source of charged…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-12-11 U. Chandni , Erik A. Henriksen , J. P. Eisenstein

We revisit the problem of local moment formation in graphene due to chemisorption of individual atomic hydrogen or other analogous sp$^3$ covalent functionalizations. We describe graphene with the single orbital Hubbard model, so that the H…

Materials Science · Physics 2017-07-07 N. A. García-Martínez , J. L. Lado , D. Jacob , J. Fernández-Rossier