Controllable giant magneto resistance and perfect spin filtering in $\alpha^{\prime}$-borophene nanoribbons

TL;DR

This paper demonstrates how to control spin transport, magnetoresistance, and spin filtering in $$-borophene nanoribbons using magnetic fields, electric fields, and edge manipulation, highlighting their potential for spintronic applications.

Contribution

It introduces a method to achieve perfect spin filtering and giant magnetoresistance in $$-borophene nanoribbons through magnetic and electric field manipulation, a novel approach in 2D spintronics.

Findings

Spin splitting occurs under out-of-plane exchange magnetic field.

External gate voltage controls spin polarization of current.

Transverse and perpendicular electric fields further tune spin transport.

Abstract

By using non-equilibrium Green's function (NEGF) method and tight-binding (TB) approximation, we investigated a perfect control on spin transport in a zigzag $\alpha^{\prime}$-boron nanoribbon ($\alpha^{\prime}$-BNR) as the must semi-conducting structure of borophene. It has been found that when an $\alpha^{\prime}$-BNR is exposed to an out-of-plane exchange magnetic field, spin splitting occurs for both spin-up and spin-down states in specific ranges of energy. Therefore, the spin polarization of current could be controlled by adjusting the energy of incoming electrons by means of an external back-gate voltage. We focus on the edge manipulation of $\alpha^{\prime}$-BNR by ferro-magnetic (FM) or anti-ferromagnetic (AFM) exchange field which leads to the emergence of a giant magneto resistance and a perfect spin filtering. Local current provides the best picture of spin distribution of current in the nanoribbon. In order to observe the response of the system to the proximity effect of magnetic strips, we calculate the magnetic moment of each site. Then, we show that applying a transverse or perpendicular electric field in the presence of the exchange magnetic field gives another controlling tool on the spin polarization of current in a constant energy. Finally, by simultaneous effect of in-plane and out-of-plane exchange magnetic field on the edges of nanoribbon, we reach a control on spin rotation in the scattering region. Our investigation guarantees the $\alpha^{\prime}$-BNR as a promising two dimensional (2D) structure for spintronic purposes.