Large positive in-plane magnetoresistance induced by localized states at nanodomain boundaries in graphene

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 Lübben; 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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Large positive in-plane magnetoresistance induced by localized states at nanodomain boundaries in graphene

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 Lübben, Huajun Liu, Byong Sun Chun, Yahya T Janabi, Sergei N Molotkov, Igor V. Shvets, Alexander I. Lichtenstein, Mikhail I. KatsnelsonChing-Ray Chang

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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.

Original language	English
Article number	14453
Journal	Nature Communications
Volume	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms14453
Publication status	Published - 2017 Feb 15

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Wu, H.-C., Chaika, A. N., Hsu, M. C., Huang, T.-W., Abid, M., Abid, M., Aristov, V. Y., Molodtsova, O. V., Babenkov, S. V., Niu, Y., Murphy, B. E., Krasnikov, S. A., Lübben, O., Liu, H., Chun, B. S., Janabi, Y. T., Molotkov, S. N., Shvets, I. V., Lichtenstein, A. I., ... Chang, C.-R. (2017). Large positive in-plane magnetoresistance induced by localized states at nanodomain boundaries in graphene. Nature Communications, 8, Article 14453. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms14453

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