Effects of the interplay between electron–electron interaction and intrinsic spin–orbit interaction on the indirect RKKY coupling in graphene nanoflakes

The effects of electron–electron (e–e) interaction and intrinsic spin–orbit interaction (ISOI) on the maximum of the magnetization and the indirect RKKY (Ruderman–Kittel–Kasuya–Yosida) coupling between the magnetic impurities embedded in zig-zag graphene nanoflakes are investigated using the tight-binding Hamiltonian and the mean-field Hubbard model.