中国物理B ›› 2011, Vol. 20 ›› Issue (2): 26803-026803.doi: 10.1088/1674-1056/20/2/026803
夏晓翔1, 杨海方1, 顾长志1, 孙连峰2, 周海青3, 杨怀超3, 邱彩玉3, 刘政3, 余芳3, 胡丽君3
Zhou Hai-Qing(周海青)a)c),Yang Huai-Chao(杨怀超)a)c),Qiu Cai-Yu(邱彩玉)a)c), Liu Zheng(刘政)a)c), Yu Fang(余芳)a)c),Hu Li-Jun(胡丽君)a)c), Xia Xiao-Xiang(夏晓翔)b), Yang Hai-Fang(杨海方) b), Gu Chang-Zhi(顾长志)b),and Sun Lian-Feng(孙连峰)a)†
摘要: In this work we report that when ferromagnetic metals (Fe, Co and Ni) are thermally evaporated onto n-layer graphenes and graphite, a metal nanowire and adjacent nanogaps can be found along the edges regardless of its zigzag or armchair structure. Similar features can also be observed for paramagnetic metals, such as Mn, Al and Pd. Meanwhile, metal nanowires and adjacent nanogaps cannot be found for diamagnetic metals (Au and Ag). An external magnetic field during the evaporation of metals can make these unique features disappear for ferromagnetic and paramagnetic metal; and the morphologies of diamagnetic metal do not change after the application of an external magnetic field. We discuss the possible reasons for these novel and interesting results, which include possible one-dimensional ferromagnets along the edge and edge-related binding energy.
中图分类号: (Surface thermodynamics, surface energies)