Proximity-induced magnetism in transition-metal substituted graphene

Crook, Charles B.; Constantin, Costel; Ahmed, Towfiq; Zhu, Jian -Xin; Balatsky, Alexander V.; Haraldsen, Jason T.

doi:10.1038/srep12322

Title: Proximity-induced magnetism in transition-metal substituted graphene

Journal Article · Mon Aug 03 00:00:00 EDT 2015 · Scientific Reports

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1038/srep12322· OSTI ID:1212695

Crook, Charles B. ^[1]; Constantin, Costel ^[1]; Ahmed, Towfiq ^[2]; Zhu, Jian -Xin ^[2]; Balatsky, Alexander V. ^[3]; Haraldsen, Jason T. ^[1]

James Madison Univ., Harrisonburg, VA (United States)
Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States); NORDITA, Stockholm (Sweden)

We investigate the interactions between two identical magnetic impurities substituted into a graphene superlattice. Using a first-principles approach, we calculate the electronic and magnetic properties for transition-metal substituted graphene systems with varying spatial separation. These calculations are compared for three different magnetic impurities, manganese, chromium, and vanadium. We determine the electronic band structure, density of states, and Millikan populations (magnetic moment) for each atom, as well as calculate the exchange parameter between the two magnetic atoms as a function of spatial separation. We find that the presence of magnetic impurities establishes a distinct magnetic moment in the graphene lattice, where the interactions are highly dependent on the spatial and magnetic characteristic between the magnetic and carbon atoms, which leads to either ferromagnetic or antiferromagnetic behavior. Furthermore, through an analysis of the calculated exchange energies and partial density of states, it is determined that interactions between the magnetic atoms can be classified as an RKKY interaction.

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Research Organization:: Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

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OSTI ID:: 1212695

Journal Information:: Scientific Reports, Vol. 5; ISSN 2045-2322

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