Exact diagonalization study of the tunable edge magnetism in graphene

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关键词: FERROMAGNETIC TRANSITION;    PHASE;   

DOI  :  10.1103/PhysRevB.83.195432

来源: SCIE

【 摘 要 】

The tunable magnetism at graphene edges with lengths of up to 48 unit cells is analyzed by an exact diagonalization technique. For this we use a generalized interacting one-dimensional model which can be tuned continuously from a limit describing graphene zigzag edge states with a ferromagnetic phase, to a limit equivalent to a Hubbard chain, which does not allow ferromagnetism. This analysis sheds light onto the question why the edge states have a ferromagnetic ground state, while a usual one-dimensional metal does not. Essentially, we find that there are two important features of edge states: (a) Umklapp processes are completely forbidden for edge states, which allows a spin-polarized ground state; (b) the strong momentum dependence of the effective interaction vertex for edge states gives rise to a regime of partial spin-polarization and a second-order phase transition between a standard paramagnetic Luttinger liquid and ferromagnetic Luttinger liquid.

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