Structural and magnetic instability of bilayer and trilayer zigzag graphene nanoribbons

Journal of Computational and Theoretical Nanoscience

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2448-2453

  Zhang, Yanna ^a   Lu, Xiao Li ^a   Jiang, Yongjin ^a   Teng, Botao ^a   Lu, Jun Qiang ^b  

^a ZHEJIANG NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

First principle calculations; Layered zigzag graphene nanoribbons; Magnetization; Structural deformation

Indexed keywords

ANTIFERROMAGNETIC GROUND STATE; ANTIFERROMAGNETICS; BI-LAYER; EDGE ALIGNMENT; EDGE STATE; FIRST PRINCIPLE CALCULATIONS; FIRST-PRINCIPLE STUDY; GRAPHENE NANORIBBONS; INTRA-LAYER; LAYERED ZIGZAG GRAPHENE NANORIBBONS; MAGNETIC GROUND STATE; MAGNETIC INSTABILITY; MAGNETIC ORDERS; NANORIBBONS; NONMAGNETIC GROUNDSTATES; NUMBER OF LAYERS; SPATIAL SYMMETRY; STABILIZATION MECHANISMS; STRUCTURAL DEFORMATION; STRUCTURAL INSTABILITY; TOTAL ENERGY; TRILAYERS;

ALIGNMENT; ANTIFERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS; ANTIFERROMAGNETISM; DEFORMATION; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; FERMI LEVEL; GRAPHENE; GROUND STATE; MAGNETIC MOMENTS; MAGNETIZATION; STABILITY;

NANOSTRUCTURES;

EID: 84863035253     PISSN: 15461955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1166/jctn.2011.1977     Document Type: Article

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