Unexpected magnetic semiconductor behavior in zigzag phosphorene nanoribbons driven by half-filled one dimensional band

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Du, Yongping ^a   Liu, Huimei ^a   Xu, Bo ^a   Sheng, Li ^a   Yin, Jiang ^a   Duan, Chun Gang ^b   Wan, Xiangang ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 84924368775     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep08921     Document Type: Article

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