Tuning Charge and Spin Excitations in Zigzag Edge Nanographene Ribbons

Tuning Charge and Spin Excitations in Zigzag Edge Nanographene Ribbons

Graphene and its quasi-one-dimensional counterpart, graphene nanoribbons, present an ideal platform for tweaking their unique electronic, magnetic and mechanical properties by various means for potential next-generation device applications. However, such tweaking requires knowledge of the electron-electron interactions that play a crucial role in these confined geometries. Here, we have investi...

Spin-polarized transport through a zigzag-edge graphene flake embedded between two armchair nanoribbons electrodes

We study the coherent spin-polarized transport through a zigzag-edge graphene flake (ZGF), using Hubbard model in the nearest neighbor approximation within the framework of the Green function’s technique and Landauer formalism. The system considered consists of electrode/ (ZGF)/electrode, in which the electrodes are chosen to be armchair nanoribbons. The study was performed for two types of ele...

Diffusive-Ballistic Heat Conduction of Carbon Nanotubes and Nanographene Ribbons

Investigations of diffusive-ballistic heat conduction of finite-length single-walled carbon nanotubes and nanographene ribbons at room temperature have been carried out by using nonequilibrium molecular dynamics simulations. The length dependences of thermal conductivity reveal the variation of the balance between ballistic and diffusive heat conduction. For both systems, the profile indicates ...

Coupling of spin waves with charge- and spin-density excitations in spin-polarized quantum wells

The coupling of spin waves with chargeand spin-density waves is shown to be induced by a spin-dependent interaction in a quantum well, which is spin polarized by a dc magnetic field at an angle u to the symmetry axis. The mixing of the plasmonic and magnonic modes, which occurs for both intraand intersubband transitions, depends on the coupling constant of the spin-spin interaction, the tilt an...

Electron spin magnetism of zigzag graphene nanoribbon edge states