SPIN-ORBIT COUPLING IN GRAPHENE UNDER UNIAXIAL STRAIN: TIGHT-BINDING APPROACH AND FIRST-PRINCIPLES CALCULATIONS
2011 ◽
Vol 25
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pp. 823-830
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Band Gap
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Tuning the spin-orbit coupling (SOC) in graphene is highly desired for its application in spintronics. In this paper, we calculated the band gap induced by SOC in graphene under uniaxial strain from a tight-binding model, and found that the band gap has a monotonic increasing dependence on the strain in the range of -20% to 15%. Our results suggest that strain can be used as a reversible and controllable way to tune the SOC in graphene. First-principles calculations were performed, confirming the results of tight-binding approximation.
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2020 ◽
Vol 514
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pp. 167108
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2014 ◽
Vol 92
(5)
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pp. 420-424
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2004 ◽
Vol 16
(43)
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pp. 7581-7597
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