Nitrogen in graphite and carbon nanotubes: Magnetism and mobility

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© 2005 American Physical Society (APS). This is the accepted version of the following article: Ma, Yuchen & Foster, A. S. & Krasheninnikov, A. V. & Nieminen, Risto M. 2005. Nitrogen in graphite and carbon nanotubes: Magnetism and mobility. Physical Review B. Volume 72, Issue 20. 205416/1-6. ISSN 1550-235X (electronic). DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.72.205416, which has been published in final form at http://journals.aps.org/prb/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevB.72.205416.

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School of Science | A1 Alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä

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2005

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en

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205416/1-6

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Physical Review B, Volume 72, Issue 20

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We use ab initio methods to study the atomic, electronic, and magnetic structure of nitrogen impurities in graphite and carbon nanotubes. We show that the probable configurations for the N impurity atoms are bridgelike adatoms on graphene sheets/nanotubes, substitutional sites and intercalated N2 molecules. We further calculate the migration energy barrier for an N adatom on the graphite surface and the activation energy for the coalescence of two N adatoms into a molecule, which are 1.1eV and 0.8eV, respectively. We also find that the N adatom has a magnetic moment of 0.6μB and that substitutional N enhances the magnetism of C adatoms on graphite and nanotubes, acting as a general promoter of magnetism in carbon systems.

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nitrogen impurities, graphite, carbon nanotubes

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Ma, Yuchen & Foster, A. S. & Krasheninnikov, A. V. & Nieminen, Risto M. 2005. Nitrogen in graphite and carbon nanotubes: Magnetism and mobility. Physical Review B. Volume 72, Issue 20. 205416/1-6. ISSN 1550-235X (electronic). DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.72.205416.