Graphene nanodots with intrinsically magnetic protrusions

The Journal of Chemical Physics
Michael R Philpott, Yoshiyuki Kawazoe

Abstract

The three step auf bau of a triangular polyaromatic protrusion attached to a larger parent hexagonal shaped graphene nanodot (GND) is described and the dichotomy between intrinsic protrusion localized magnetism and parent extended zigzag edge magnetism is explored using ab initio density functional theory calculations of spin and charge distributions and geometry. Comparison of a three ring with a ten-ring protrusion-GND establishes a pattern for the magnetization of GNDs with larger protrusions and different morphology. The magnetism of the isolated protrusions arises from the mismatch in numbers of sublattice (alternant hydrocarbon) carbon atoms. In the parent, the sublattices are equivalent providing a singlet ground state and the magnetization appears only on long zigzag edges due to exchange interactions operating in a regime of reduced coulombic interactions. We demonstrate that a small protrusion can quench the magnetism of the edge to which it is attached. Concomitantly, the adjacent edges exhibit a small magnetic enhancement, while the remote edges are unperturbed. With size the protrusion can dominate its edge and exert control over the magnetization of other edges. Different multiplicities of the parent moiety were n...Continue Reading

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