Magnetism induced by single carbon vacancies in a three-dimensional graphitic network

R. Faccio, H. Pardo, P. A. Denis, R. Yoshikawa Oeiras, F. M. Araújo-Moreira, M. Veríssimo-Alves, and A. W. Mombrú
Phys. Rev. B 77, 035416 – Published 15 January 2008

Abstract

We present an ab initio density functional theory study of the magnetic moments that arise in graphite by creating single carbon vacancies in a three-dimensional (3D) graphite network using full potential, all electron, spin polarized electronic structure calculations. In previous reports, the appearance of magnetic moments was explained in a two-dimensional graphene sheet just through the existence of the vacancies itself [Carbon-Based Magnetism, edited by F. Palacio and T. Makarova (Elsevier, Amsterdam, 2005); D. C. Mattis, Phys. Rev. B 71, 144424 (2005); Y. Kobayashi et al., ibid. 73, 125415 (2006); R. Yoshikawa Oeiras et al., ibid. (to be published); P. O. Lehtinen et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 93, 187202 (2004)]. The dependence of the arising magnetic moment on the nature and geometry of the vacancies for different supercells is reported. We found that the highest value of magnetic moment is obtained for a 3×3×1 supercell and that the highly diluted 5×5×1 supercell shows no magnetic ordering. The results obtained in this paper are indicative of the importance of interlayer interactions present in a 3D stacking. We conclude that this should not be underestimated when vacancy-based studies on magnetism in graphitic systems are carried out.

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  • Received 18 December 2006

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.77.035416

©2008 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

R. Faccio1, H. Pardo1, P. A. Denis1, R. Yoshikawa Oeiras2, F. M. Araújo-Moreira2, M. Veríssimo-Alves3, and A. W. Mombrú1

  • 1Crystallography, Solid State and Materials Laboratory (Cryssmat-Lab), DETEMA, Facultad de Química, Universidad de la República, P.O. Box 1157, Montevideo 11800, Uruguay
  • 2Departamento de Física, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, Caixa Postale 676, São Carlos, São Paulo CEP 13565-905, Brazil
  • 3The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Strada Costiera 11, Main Building, Trieste I-34014, Italy

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Vol. 77, Iss. 3 — 15 January 2008

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