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Magnetism in Boron Nitride Monolayer Induced by Cobalt or Nickel Doping

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We have investigated the electronic structure and magnetic properties of cobalt (Co)- or nickel (Ni)-doped hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN) monolayer using density functional theory calculations. The h-BN monolayer without any doping is a nonmagnetic insulator. Our studies show that isolated Co or Ni atom can both induce the local magnetic state in h-BN monolayer. And the impurity energy levels will be formed in the band gap. Results of our first-principle calculations reveal that isolated Co atom can result in a magnetic moment of 3.57 μ B, while the Ni atom is 0.87 μ B. And the magnetic moments mainly come from d orbitals of the doped atoms. The studies of magnetic coupling show that the two Co atoms at different distances in h-BN monolayer do not always couple ferromagnetically. When the distances are 2.504 and 6.625 Å, the spins induced by the two Co atoms will form antiferromagnetic ground states. While the two Ni atoms at different distances in the monolayer always couple ferromagnetically. So our results imply that the Ni-doped h-BN is more suitable for spintronic material than Co doping. These results are useful for spintronic application.

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This work was supported by Science and Technology Research Project of Hebei higher education, China (grant no. ZD2016042) the Natural Science Foundation of Hebei, China (grant no. F2017208031), and the Natural Science Foundation of China (grant no. 51674096)

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    M. Wang, S. Tang & B. Wang

  2. School of Science, Hebei University of Science and Technology, Shijiazhuang, 050018, China

    J. Ren

  3. Department of Construction Engineering, Hebei Vocational College of Politics and Law, Shijiazhuang, 050061, China

    Y. Han

  4. School of Material Science and Engineering, Hebei University of Science and Technology, Shijiazhuang, 050018, China

    Y. Dai

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Wang, M., Tang, S., Ren, J. et al. Magnetism in Boron Nitride Monolayer Induced by Cobalt or Nickel Doping. J Supercond Nov Magn 31, 1559–1565 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10948-017-4353-5

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