Large Positive In-plane Magnetoresistance Induced by Localized States at Nanodomain Boundaries in Graphene

Overview

Journal Nat Commun

Specialty Biology

Date 2017 Feb 16

PMID 28198379

Citations 1

Authors

Han-Chun Wu

Alexander N Chaika

Ming-Chien Hsu

Tsung-Wei Huang

Mourad Abid

Mohamed Abid

Victor Yu Aristov

Olga V Molodtsova

Sergey V Babenkov

Yuran Niu

Barry E Murphy

Sergey A Krasnikov

Olaf Lubben

Huajun Liu

Byong Sun Chun

Yahya T Janabi

Sergei N Molotkov

Igor V Shvets

Alexander I Lichtenstein

Mikhail I Katsnelson

Ching-Ray Chang

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Abstract

Graphene supports long spin lifetimes and long diffusion lengths at room temperature, making it highly promising for spintronics. However, making graphene magnetic remains a principal challenge despite the many proposed solutions. Among these, graphene with zig-zag edges and ripples are the most promising candidates, as zig-zag edges are predicted to host spin-polarized electronic states, and spin-orbit coupling can be induced by ripples. Here we investigate the magnetoresistance of graphene grown on technologically relevant SiC/Si(001) wafers, where inherent nanodomain boundaries sandwich zig-zag structures between adjacent ripples of large curvature. Localized states at the nanodomain boundaries result in an unprecedented positive in-plane magnetoresistance with a strong temperature dependence. Our work may offer a tantalizing way to add the spin degree of freedom to graphene.

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