Improved all-carbon spintronic device design

Z Bullard, EC Girao, JR Owens, WA Shelton… - Scientific reports, 2015 - nature.com
The discovery of magnetism in carbon structures containing zigzag edges has stimulated
new directions in the development and design of spintronic devices. However, many of the …

Spin filtering and rectifying effects in the zinc methyl phenalenyl molecule between graphene nanoribbon leads

CM Tan, YH Zhou, CY Chen, JF Yu, KQ Chen - Organic Electronics, 2016 - Elsevier
The molecule zinc methyl phenalenyl (ZMP), which is a neutral planar phenalenyl-based
molecule, has been successfully synthesized experimentally, and large magnetic anisotropy …

High-performance current rectification in a molecular device with doped graphene electrodes

J Li, ZH Zhang, M Qiu, C Yuan, XQ Deng, ZQ Fan… - Carbon, 2014 - Elsevier
To achieve an excellent rectification for molecular rectifiers has been an unmet goal to date.
Here, we report calculated results on high-performance molecular rectifiers, where two semi …

[HTML][HTML] Sulfur dioxide molecule sensors based on zigzag graphene nanoribbons with and without Cr dopant

L Shao, G Chen, H Ye, H Niu, Y Wu, Y Zhu, B Ding - Physics Letters A, 2014 - Elsevier
Abstract Structure, electronic, and transport properties of sulfur dioxide (SO 2) molecule
adsorbed on pure and Cr doped zigzag graphene nanoribbons (ZGNRs) are investigated by …

Strain-promoted reversible spin transfer in rhombic graphene nanoflakes

Y Zhang, J Liu, C Li, W Jin, G Lefkidis, W Hübner - Applied Surface Science, 2021 - Elsevier
The strain-promoted reversible spin flip and spin transfer on double-magnetic-center
graphene nanoflakes (Ni 2 &GNFs) are investigated with first-principles quantum chemical …

A new exploration on the substantial improvement of rectifying behaviors for a donor–acceptor molecular diode by graphene electrodes

J Li, ZH Zhang, G Kwong, W Tian, ZQ Fan, XQ Deng - Carbon, 2013 - Elsevier
Sandwiching a donor–acceptor molecule between two graphene nanoribbon (GNR)
electrodes to construct a particular molecular diode, our calculations from the first-principles …

Structural stability, magneto-electronics and spin transport properties of triangular graphene nanoflake chains with edge oxidation

R Hu, ZQ Fan, CH Fu, LY Nie, WR Huang, ZH Zhang - Carbon, 2018 - Elsevier
Tuning the magneto-electronic properties of graphene-based structures into distinguished
performance is an interesting but challenging work. To address this issue, we here construct …

Modulating magnetic ordering of the zigzag-edge trigonal graphene by functionalizations

JJ Zhang, ZH Zhang, GP Tang, XQ Deng, ZQ Fan - Organic Electronics, 2014 - Elsevier
A pristine zigzag-edge trigonal graphene (ZTG) is a magnetic semiconductor, thus its spin
polarization is extremely low. Here, we report the calculated results on enhancing the spin …

Enhanced half-metallicity in carbon-chain–linked trigonal graphene

JJ Zhang, ZH Zhang, J Li, D Wang, Z Zhu, GP Tang… - Organic …, 2014 - Elsevier
The spin polarization property of a zigzag-edge trigonal graphene (ZTG) linked with different-
length carbon chains C n is investigated theoretically. It has been found that the …

Magneto-electronics properties of fluorine-passivated “Christmas Tree” graphene nanoribbons

D Wang, ZH Zhang, Z Zhu, ZL Yu, BK Tao, SY Hou… - Organic …, 2014 - Elsevier
Magneto-electronics properties of fluorine-passivated “Christmas Tree” graphene
nanoribbons (F-CTGNRs) are investigated theoretically. It is found that F-CTGNRs have a …