Systematic Modulation of Charge and Spin in Graphene Nanoribbons on MgO

This entry contains the raw data for the article 'Systematic Modulation of Charge and Spin in Graphene Nanoribbons on MgO'. In order to take full advantage of graphene nanostructures in quantum technologies, their charge and spin state must be precisely controlled. Graphene quantum dots re...

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Autores: Domínguez-Celorrio, Amelia, Edens, Leonard, Sanz, Sofía, Vilas-Varela, Manuel, Martínez-Castro, José, Peña, Diego, Langlais, Véronique, Frederiksen, Thomas, Pascual, José I., Serrate, David
Tipo de recurso: conjunto de datos
Estado:Versión enviada para evaluación y publicación
Fecha de publicación:2025
País:España
Institución:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repositorio:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
OAI Identifier:oai:digital.csic.es:10261/387302
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/387302
https://doi.org/10.20350/digitalCSIC/17248
http://arxiv.org/abs/2406.03927v2
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Quantum Physics
Graphene nanoribbons
Scanning Tunneling Microscopy
Pi orbital magnetism
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Sumario:This entry contains the raw data for the article 'Systematic Modulation of Charge and Spin in Graphene Nanoribbons on MgO'. In order to take full advantage of graphene nanostructures in quantum technologies, their charge and spin state must be precisely controlled. Graphene quantum dots require external gating potentials to tune their ground state. Here, we show systematic manipulation of the electron occupation in graphene nanoribbons laying on MgO layers grown on Ag(001). Owing to the efficient decoupling character of MgO, and the electropositive nature of the substrate, the ribbons host an integer number of electron charges that depend on their length and shape. This results in the alternation between a non-magnetic closed-shell state and an open-shell paramagnetic system for even and odd electron occupations respectively. For the odd case, we find a narrow Coulomb correlation gap, which is the smoking gun of its spin ½ state. Comparisons of scanning tunnelling microscopy data with mean-field Hubbard simulations confirm the discretization of the ribbons’ electronic states and charge excess of up to 19 electrons per ribbon.