Spin-gapless semiconductors for future spintronics and electronics

X Wang, Z Cheng, G Zhang, H Yuan, H Chen, XL Wang - Physics Reports, 2020 - Elsevier
In recent years, spin-gapless semiconductors (SGSs) with parabolic and linear band
dispersions have aroused great interest worldwide in the field of materials science due to …

Novel electrical properties and applications in kaleidoscopic graphene nanoribbons

W Bo, Y Zou, J Wang - RSC advances, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
As one of the representatives of nano-graphene materials, graphene nanoribbons (GNRs)
have more novel electrical properties, highly adjustable electronic properties, and …

Half-metallicity in graphene nanoribbons with topological line defects

X Lin, J Ni - Physical Review B—Condensed Matter and Materials …, 2011 - APS
First-principles calculations have been performed to investigate the electronic properties of
graphene nanoribbons with topological line defects composed of octagons and fused …

Magnetism of graphene quantum dots

Y Sun, Y Zheng, H Pan, J Chen, W Zhang, L Fu… - npj Quantum …, 2017 - nature.com
Graphene quantum dots with the high edge-to-area ratio have possibly substantial spin
polarized edge states, which theoretically can generate fascinating magnetic properties. The …

Magnetic properties of a nanoribbon: An effective-field theory

JM Wang, W Jiang, CL Zhou, Z Shi, C Wu - Superlattices and …, 2017 - Elsevier
An effective-field theory is proposed to study magnetic properties of a nanoribbon. The
model consists of a core spin-3/2 and shell spin-2 with a ferrimagnetic exchange coupling …

Graphitic-nitrogen-enhanced ferromagnetic couplings in nitrogen-doped graphene

L Fu, M Di, W Zhang, K Zhang, Y Wang, Y Xu, H Pan… - Physical Review B, 2020 - APS
Nitrogen do** is a promising approach to induce the basal-plane localized magnetic
moments in sp-electron-only graphene sheets. Enhancing the magnetic couplings among …

Synthesis and intrinsic magnetism of bilayer graphene nanoribbons

L Fu, K Zhang, W Zhang, J Chen, Y Deng, Y Du… - Carbon, 2019 - Elsevier
Graphene nanoribbons (GNRs) can be an excellent spin semiconductor for the existence of
both the localized edge states and intrinsic bandgap. Despite that the magnetism of single …

Stability of hydrogen-terminated graphene edges

Y Gao, D Xu, T Cui, D Li - Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Hydrogen passivation is an important method used to stabilize a specific graphene edge.
Although several hydrogen-terminated graphene edges have been proposed in theory, a …

On the mechanism of nascent site deactivation in graphene

LR Radovic, AF Silva-Villalobos, AB Silva-Tapia… - Carbon, 2011 - Elsevier
When studying the ubiquitous and practically significant phenomena of annealing or aging
of carbon materials, it is instructive to distinguish the reduction of site (re) activity from a …

Local carbon concentration determines the graphene edge structure

D Li, Y Wang, T Cui, Y Ma, F Ding - The Journal of Physical …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Although the structures and properties of various graphene edges have attracted enormous
attention, the underlying mechanism that determines the appearance of various edges is still …