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Adsorption of transition metal atoms (Co and Ni) on zigzag graphene nanoribbon

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The geometry structures and electronic properties of zigzag graphene nanoribbon (ZGNR) with the adsorption of transition metal atoms (Co and Ni) are investigated by using the density functional theory. The calculated results show that the interaction between Ni atom and ZGNR are stronger than that between Co atom and ZGNR. It is found that the ZGNR with Co adatom adsorbing has more possibility to show the character from semiconducting to the half-metallic one than that of the ZGNR with Ni adatom adsorbing. It is hoped that it may be valuable for investigating the GNR-based electronic devices.

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This study is financially supported by the Scientific Research Foundation of Guilin University of Technology (Grant No. 002401003326), and the Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 11147194 and 11064003), and Scientific Research Fund of Guangxi Provincial Education Department of China (Grant No.201203YB091).

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Wang, Z., Xiao, J. & Li, M. Adsorption of transition metal atoms (Co and Ni) on zigzag graphene nanoribbon. Appl. Phys. A 110, 235–239 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-012-7119-8

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