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Coexistence of Ferromagnetism and Paramagnetism in Graphene with Boron-vacancy Complex

Journal of Magnetics, Volume 25, Number 2, 30 Jun 2020, Pages 313-317
S. H. Rhim * (Department of Physics, University of Ulsan)
Abstract
Defect induced magnetism in a single layer graphene with Boron-vacancy complex is studied using highly precise
ab initio full-potential linearized augmented plane wave (FLAPW) method. From energetics, it is most stable
when Boron and vacancy are the nearest neighbor. Furthermore, we propose both paramagnetic and
magnetic states, with negligible energy difference, can coexist in defected graphene. The k resolved band structure
reveals that the magnetism is mainly from different occupation of very localized impurity bands. Moreover,
calculated STM image associated with defect is presented to provide some hint in experimental
verifications.
Keywords: graphene; magnetism; Boron doping
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4283/JMAG.2020.25.2.313
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