scholarly journals Energy-gap modulation of BN ribbons by transverse electric fields: First-principles calculations

2008 ◽  
Vol 77 (7) ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhuhua Zhang ◽  
Wanlin Guo
2019 ◽  
Vol 383 (33) ◽  
pp. 125984 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaoling Lü ◽  
Jimin Huang ◽  
Shuhui Lv ◽  
Wenyue Dong ◽  
Yanwei Li ◽  
...  

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Fei Wang ◽  
Xuepeng Wang ◽  
Yi-Fan Zhao ◽  
Di Xiao ◽  
Ling-Jie Zhou ◽  
...  

AbstractThe Berry phase picture provides important insights into the electronic properties of condensed matter systems. The intrinsic anomalous Hall (AH) effect can be understood as the consequence of non-zero Berry curvature in momentum space. Here, we fabricate TI/magnetic TI heterostructures and find that the sign of the AH effect in the magnetic TI layer can be changed from being positive to negative with increasing the thickness of the top TI layer. Our first-principles calculations show that the built-in electric fields at the TI/magnetic TI interface influence the band structure of the magnetic TI layer, and thus lead to a reconstruction of the Berry curvature in the heterostructure samples. Based on the interface-induced AH effect with a negative sign in TI/V-doped TI bilayer structures, we create an artificial “topological Hall effect”-like feature in the Hall trace of the V-doped TI/TI/Cr-doped TI sandwich heterostructures. Our study provides a new route to create the Berry curvature change in magnetic topological materials that may lead to potential technological applications.


2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jie Zhang ◽  
Eric P. Fahrenthold

AbstractThe spin current transmission properties of narrow zigzag graphene nanoribbons (zGNRs) have been the focus of much computational research, investigating the potential application of zGNRs in spintronic devices. Doping, fuctionalization, edge modification, and external electric fields have been studied as methods for spin current control, and the performance of zGNRs initialized in both ferromagnetic and antiferromagnetic spin states has been modeled. Recent work has shown that precise fabrication of narrow zGNRs is possible, and has addressed long debated questions on their magnetic order and stability. This work has revived interest in the application of antiferromagnetic zGNR configurations in spintronics. A general ab initio analysis of narrow antiferromagnetic zGNR performance under a combination of bias voltage and transverse electric field loading shows that their current transmission characteristics differ sharply from those of their ferromagnetic counterparts. At relatively modest field strengths, both majority and minority spin currents react strongly to the applied field. Analysis of band gaps and current transmission pathways explains the presence of negative differential resistance effects and the development of spatially periodic electron transport structures in these nanoribbons.


2011 ◽  
Vol 248 (7) ◽  
pp. 1676-1681 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fang-Ling Zheng ◽  
Yan Zhang ◽  
Jian-Min Zhang ◽  
Ke-Wei Xu

1967 ◽  
Vol 22 (12) ◽  
pp. 1890-1903
Author(s):  
F. Karger

In a previous paper31 discrepancies between theory and experiment were found on investigating the positive column in a curved magnetic field. The approximation derived in 31 for the torus drift in a weakly ionized magnetoplasma is therefore checked here (Part I) with a refined theory which also yields the transverse electric field strength. Experimentally, both the transverse electric fields and the density profiles in the DC discharge were determined in addition to the longitudinal electric field strength.The discrepancies occurring in 31 are ascribed to the fact that the plasma concentrates at the cathode end of the magnetic field coils, this effect having a considerable influence on the form of the transverse density profile and on the stability behaviour. Part II later will show how the influence of this concentration can be eliminated and what effect in the current-carrying toroidal plasma causes a marked reduction of the charge carrier losses.


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