Variable range of the RKKY interaction in edged graphene

Journal of Physics Condensed Matter

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2014, Pages

  Duffy, J M ^a   Gorman, P D ^a   Power, S R ^b   Ferreira, M S ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

edge effects; graphene; RKKY; spintronics

Indexed keywords

EDGE EFFECT; GRAPHENE NANORIBBONS (GNRS); INDIRECT EXCHANGE INTERACTIONS; MAGNETIC IMPURITY; NUMERICAL CALCULATION; QUASI-ONE-DIMENSIONAL; RKKY; RKKY INTERACTIONS;

DECAY (ORGANIC); GRAPHENE; GREEN'S FUNCTION; IMPURITIES; MAGNETOELECTRONICS;

NANORIBBONS;

EID: 84892688014     PISSN: 09538984     EISSN: 1361648X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/26/5/055007     Document Type: Article

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