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Title
Electronic states in an atomistic carbon quantum dot patterned in graphene
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Abstract
We reveal the emergence of metallicKondo clouds in an atomistic carbon quantum dot, realized as a single-atom junction in a suitably patterned graphene nanoflake. Using density functional dynamical mean-field theory (DFDMFT) we show how correlation effects lead to striking features in the electronic structure of our device, and how those are enhanced by the electron-electron interactions when graphene is patterned at the atomistic scale. Our setup provides a well-controlled environment to understand the principles behind the orbital-selective Kondo physics and the interplay between orbital and spin degrees of freedom in carbon-based nanomaterials, which indicate new pathways for spintronics in atomically patterned graphene.
Language
English
Source (journal)
Physical review B / American Physical Society. - New York, N.Y, 2016, currens
Publication
New York, N.Y : American Physical Society , 2016
ISSN
2469-9969 [online]
2469-9950 [print]
DOI
10.1103/PHYSREVB.93.155417
Volume/pages
93 :15 (2016) , p. 1-6
Article Reference
155417
ISI
000373760900004
Medium
E-only publicatie
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