Diluted graphene antiferromagnet.

نویسندگان

  • L Brey
  • H A Fertig
  • S Das Sarma
چکیده

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/R2, whereas for those placed at interstitial sites they decay as 1/R3. 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.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Physical review letters

دوره 99 11  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2007