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Modulating the spin-dependent electronic structures and transport properties of zigzag \(\upalpha \)-2 graphyne nanoribbons by boron doping

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We investigated the electronic structure and spin-dependent transport properties of zigzag \(\upalpha \)-2 graphyne nanoribbons (Z\(\upalpha \)-2GYNRs) with boron (B) atomic doping by using first-principle non-equilibrium Green’s function method. We observed a spin-polarized semi-metallic electronic structure with an acetylenic (sp hybridized) carbon at the edge which is substituted by boron. We also calculated the spin-dependent transport properties and observed both unidirectional and bidirectional spin-filtering effects. Our results demonstrated boron substitution as an effective method for modulating the spin-dependent electronic property of the Z\(\upalpha \)-2GYNRs. This work would provide a new scheme for designing graphyne-based spintronics devices.

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This manuscript has no associated data or the data will not be deposited. [Authors’ comment: The results of this work are carried out by Quantum ATK based on the first-principle method, and all data are shown as table and figures in text.]

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We gratefully acknowledge support by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant nos. 21673296 and 51932011).

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  1. Department of Physics, School of Mathematics and Statistics, Hunan University of Technology and Business, Changsha, 410205, China

    Xiaojiao Zhang, Xiaoliang Xie, Xiaobo Li & Yulan Dong

  2. Key Laboratory of Hunan Province for Statistical Learning and Intelligent Computation, Hunan University of Technology and Business, Changsha, 410205, China

    Xiaojiao Zhang & Xiaoliang Xie

  3. School of Physics and Electronics, Central South University, Changsha, 410083, China

    Dandan Peng & Mengqiu Long

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Zhang, X., Peng, D., Xie, X. et al. Modulating the spin-dependent electronic structures and transport properties of zigzag \(\upalpha \)-2 graphyne nanoribbons by boron doping. Eur. Phys. J. B 94, 86 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1140/epjb/s10051-021-00092-0

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