|
This article is cited in 4 scientific papers (total in 4 papers)
CONDENSED MATTER
Spontaneous symmetry breaking during the switching of a buckled graphene membrane
O. V. Sedelnikovaab, L. G. Bulushevaab, A. V. Okotrubab, Y. V. Pershinca a Nikolaev Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, pr. Akademika Lavrent'eva 3, Novosibirsk, 6300090, Russia
b Novosibirsk State University, ul. Pirogova 2, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia
c University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, 29208, USA
Abstract:
Switching between the states of a buckled graphene membrane for non-volatile memory applications has been studied. The structure of a zigzag graphene strip bent by a force applied to the central region has been investigated by means of the density functional theory with the use of a B3LYP/6-31G approximation. The initial state of the buckled graphene membrane has the geometry of a segment of a half of a (20,0) carbon nanotube with a length of 5 hexagons. The force has been simulated by sequential displacement of the central atoms of the strip toward the fixed edges of the structure. The dependences of the deformation energy and internal forces on the positions of central atoms have been found. Spontaneous breaking of the membrane symmetry decreasing the energy threshold between the states has been discovered.
Received: 09.12.2015
Citation:
O. V. Sedelnikova, L. G. Bulusheva, A. V. Okotrub, Y. V. Pershin, “Spontaneous symmetry breaking during the switching of a buckled graphene membrane”, Pis'ma v Zh. Èksper. Teoret. Fiz., 103:4 (2016), 269–273; JETP Letters, 103:4 (2016), 244–247
Linking options:
https://www.mathnet.ru/eng/jetpl4868 https://www.mathnet.ru/eng/jetpl/v103/i4/p269
|
Statistics & downloads: |
Abstract page: | 207 | Full-text PDF : | 18 | References: | 30 | First page: | 13 |
|