《2016-nano latters-Ferromagnetism in Graphene NanoribbonsSplit versus Oxidative 》.pdf

Letter pubs.acs.org/NanoLett Ferromagnetism in Graphene Nanoribbons: Split versus Oxidative Unzipped Ribbons S. S. Rao,*,†,#,∇ S. Narayana Jammalamadaka,*,‡,# A. Stesmans,†,‡ and V. V. Moshchalkov‡ †Semiconductor Physics Laboratory, Department of Physics, K.U. Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200D, B−3001 Leuven, Belgium ‡INPAC − Institute for Nanoscale Physics and Chemistry, K.U. Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200D, B−3001 Leuven, Belgium J. van Tol § §National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Centre for Interdisciplinary Magnetic Resonance, Florida State University, 1800 E. Paul Dirac Drive, Tallahassee, Florida 32310, United States D. V. Kosynkin, ∥,○ A. Higginbotham-Duque, ∥,◆ and J. M. Tour∥,⊥,¶ ∥Department of Chemistry, ⊥Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, and ¶Smalley Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology, Rice University, MS-222, 6100 Main Street, Houston, Texas 77005, United States ABSTRACT: Two types of graphene nanoribbons: (a) potassium-split graphene nanoribbons (GNRs), and (b) oxidative unzipped and chemically converted graphene nanoribbons (CCGNRs) were investigated for their magnetic properties using the combination of static magnetization and electron spin resonance measurements. The two types of ribbons possess remarkably different magnetic properties. While a low-temperature ferromagnet-like feature is observed in both types of ribbons, such room- temperature feature persists only in potassium-split ribbons. The GNRs show negative exchange bias, but the CCGNRs exhibit a “positive exchange bias”.