Dirac Half-Semimetallicity and Antiferromagnetism in Graphene Nanoribbon/Hexagonal Boron Nitride Heterojunctions

Tepliakov, Nikita V.; Ma, Ruize; Lischner, Johannes; Kaxiras, Efthimios; Mostofi, Arash A.; Pizzochero, Michele

doi:10.1021/acs.nanolett.3c01940

Dirac Half-Semimetallicity and Antiferromagnetism in Graphene Nanoribbon/Hexagonal Boron Nitride Heterojunctions

Journal Article · 17 July 2023 · Nano Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.3c01940· OSTI ID:2422928

^[1]; Ma, Ruize ^[2]; ^[1]; ^[3]; ^[1]; ^[4]

Departments of Materials and Physics, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom; The Thomas Young Centre for Theory and Simulation of Materials, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom
Departments of Materials and Physics, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom; The Thomas Young Centre for Theory and Simulation of Materials, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom; Department of Physics, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 2JD, United Kingdom
Department of Physics, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, United States; School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, United States
School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, United States

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Research Organization:: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States). National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center (NERSC)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

DOE Contract Number:: AC02-05CH11231

OSTI ID:: 2422928

Journal Information:: Nano Letters, Journal Name: Nano Letters Journal Issue: 14 Vol. 23; ISSN 1530-6984

Publisher:: American Chemical Society

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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