Phys. Rev. B 74, 081402(R) (2006) [4 pages]Emergence of half-metallicity in suspended NiO chains: Ab initio electronic structure and quantum transport calculations
Contrary to the antiferromagnetic and insulating character of bulk NiO, one-dimensional chains of this material can become half metallic due to the lower coordination of their atoms. Here we present ab initio electronic structure and quantum transport calculations of ideal infinitely long NiO chains and of more realistic short ones suspended between Ni electrodes. While infinite chains are insulating, short suspended chains are half-metallic minority-spin conductors that displays very large magnetoresistance and a spin-valve behavior controlled by a single atom. © 2006 The American Physical Society URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevB.74.081402
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevB.74.081402
PACS:
73.63.Rt, 75.47.Jn, 75.75.+a
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