Diluted graphene antiferromagnet

作者:Brey L*; Fertig H A; Das Sarma S
来源:Physical Review Letters, 2007, 99(11): 116802.
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevLett.99.116802

摘要

We study RKKY interactions between local magnetic moments for both doped and undoped graphene. In the former case interactions for moments located on definite sublattices fall off as 1/R(2), whereas for those placed at interstitial sites they decay as 1/R(3). The interactions are primarily (anti)ferromagnetic for moments on (opposite) equivalent sublattices, suggesting that at low temperature dilute magnetic moments embedded in graphene can order into a state analogous to that of a dilute antiferromagnet. In the undoped case we find no net magnetic moment in the ground state, and demonstrate numerically this effect for ribbons, suggesting the possibility of an unusual spin-transfer device.

  • 出版日期2007-9-14