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1 Commun. Theor. Phys. 67 (2017) Vol. 67, No. 5, May 1, 2017 Controlling Thermodynamic Properties of Ferromagnetic Group-IV Graphene-Like Nanosheets by Dilute Charged Impurity Mohsen Yarmohammadi and Kavoos Mirabbaszadeh Department of Energy Engineering and Physics, Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran, Iran (Received September 26, 2016; revised manuscript received January 13, 2017) Abstract Using the Kane-Mele Hamiltonian, Dirac theory and self-consistent Born approximation, we investigate the effect of dilute charged impurity on the electronic heat capacity and magnetic susceptibility of two-dimensional ferromagnetic honeycomb structure of group-iv elements including silicene, germanene and stanene within the Green s function approach. We also find these quantities in the presence of applied external electric field. Our results show that the silicene (stanene) has the maximum (minimum) heat capacity and magnetic susceptibility at uniform electric fields. From the behavior of theses quantities, the band gap has been changed with impurity concentration, impurity scattering strength and electric field. The analysis on the impurity-dependent magnetic susceptibility curves shows a phase transition from ferromagnetic to paramagnetic and antiferromagnetic phases. Interestingly, electronic heat capacity increases (decreases) with impurity concentration in silicene (germanene and stanene) structure. PACS numbers: Ba, 33,15,Kr, Gg, Ry DOI: / /67/5/569 Key words: ferromagnetic group-iv elements, Green s function, electronic heat capacity, magnetic susceptibility, phase transition 1 Introduction The properties of graphene, the one-atom-thick sheet of carbon atoms with the sp 2 hybridization, were first discussed in the literature more than sixty years ago. [1] Since then, graphene has been intensively investigated with focus on its physical and chemical properties. [2] Because of its unique symmetry, electron and hole bands of graphene show linear band crossing at the Fermi level, [3] resulting in a massless Dirac fermion like behavior of charge carriers. It has found several two-dimensional (2D) materials like group-iv graphene-like structures, hexagonal boron-nitride (h-bn) and MoS 2, which present null gaps in both flat or buckled configurations. Although these materials have a honeycomb lattice, but their properties are different. [4 8] The band gap is a measurement of the threshold voltage and on-off ratio of the field effect transistors. [9 10] In recent years, elemental sheets of silicon and germanium (silicene and germanene respectively) have been emerging as strong contenders in the realm of 2D materials. [11 12] There have been several theoretical studies assessing their fundamental properties while experimental analyses are just in their infancy, as practical synthesis methods are being explored to establish well defined fabrication techniques and parameters. Studies predict that such elemental sheets may also possess Dirac fermions similar to graphene and much simpler techniques may become available for their band gap engineering. Although semi-metallic, the main hurdle experienced in realizing silicene and germanene is that unlike graphene, Corresponding author, m.yarmohammadi69@gmail.com c 2017 Chinese Physical Society and IOP Publishing Ltd they do not form a van der Waals layered structures in their bulk phase. Hence, they do not exist as freestanding sheets but synthesized as adlayer structures on ordered substrates. [13] Despite this fact, the exceptional findings through theoretical and preliminary experimental analyses, along with its compatibility to the current silicon based electronics, continues to inspire the exploration of 2D silicene and other group-iv elemental materials (germanene, stanene). However, a lot remains to be explored before these materials can be established as viable alternatives for the next generation of electronic applications. [14 15] Successful realization of single crystal silicon monolayer structures [16 17] through chemical exfoliation shows that 2D silicon monolayers with their low resistivity and extremely thin structures can be quite promising for nanoelectronics. Unlike graphene, silicene has a hexagonal atomic arrangement with a buckled configuration because of its large ionic radius of silicon atoms, [18 21] as presented in Fig. 1. From this point, its sublattices (A and B) sit in two parallel planes with a vertical distance of 0.46 Å. [22 23] The low-energy dynamics of fermions in pristine graphene describes by Dirac Hamiltonian but in silicene, germanene and stanene due to the strong spinorbit coupling (SOC), carriers are massive with an energy gap. [24 25] This gap can be modulated via an applied perpendicular EF to its layer, which leads to the many attractive properties. [26 33] Unlike electronic properties, thermal properties of group-iv are still not well studied. Many works show that the thermal conductivity of silicene is predicted around (20 65) W/mK. [34 38] Electronic heat capacity (EHC) of a semiconductor system is defined as the ratio of the heat used by the carriers (here, Dirac

2 570 Communications in Theoretical Physics Vol. 67 fermions) to the rise in temperature of the system. [39] On the other hand, magnetic susceptibility (MS) is the degree of magnetization of a material in response to an external applied magnetic field. Furthermore, our system is considered as a ferromagnetic with an exchange field. Electrons in a system scatter from dilute charged impurities with a scattering rate. This induces a characteristic energy scale at Dirac points. For this reason, impurities have a strong effect on physical properties of materials such as electronic and thermal properties for their applications in electronic devices. Motivated by the recent experimental developments and theoretical investigations on 2D monolayer honeycomb structures, in this paper we carry out a systematic study of three similar structures of group-iv elements based on the Green s function method. In this work, we have investigated the temperature dependence of EHC and MS in ferromagnetic silicene, germanene and stanene in the presence of dilute charged impurity at Dirac points. Also, at a given impurity concentration (IC) and impurity scattering strength (ISS), EHC and MS have been studied with EF. Green s function approach is carried out with the Kane-Mele Hamiltonian to study the dynamics of carriers in the system. In this work, impurities are randomly doped on sheets. The organization of this paper is as follows: In Sec. 2, the methods together with parameters used in our calculations are outlined. The thermodynamic properties of these structures are investigated in Sec. 3. In Sec. 4, we present our results regarding the calculations. In Sec. 5, our conclusions are presented. 2 Methods Here is considered a monolayer system on the xy-plane, exposed to the perpendicular EF E z, as illustrated in Fig. 1. The system is described by following model in order to study the dynamics of carriers [25,40] H = t 0 + d i,σ i,j,σ c i,σ c j,σ + i SO 3 3 ς i E i zc i,σ c i,σ + M i,σ i,j,σ,σ ν ij c i,σ σσ,σ z c j,σ c i,σ σz σ,σ c i,σ + h.c., (1) in which the first term denotes the nearest-neighbor hopping with energy of t 0 and the sum runs over all neighboring pairs i, j. c i,σ (c i,σ) creates (annihilates) an electron with spin σ =, at site i. The first two terms illustrate the Kane Mele Hamiltonian describing the SOC with SO, being σ = (σ x, σ y, σ z ) the Pauli matrices. Also is defined ν ij = ( d i d j ) ẑ ( d i d j ) ẑ = ±1, with d i and d j being the two typical vectors, which connect the next nearest neighbors, and sum over all such pairs indicated by i, j. [41 42] The third term is the staggered sublattice potential term as mentioned before in Sec. 1 with ς i = +1( 1) for A(B) sites. The final term is related to the induced exchange magnetic field by the magnetic insulator substrate. The low-energy limit of the above Hamiltonian in a ferromagnetic system in presence of a perpendicular uniform EF is described as: [25,43] H η,σz = v F (ηk x τ x + k y τ y ) 1 2 η SOτ z σ z zτ z Mσ z 1 = 2 z ησ z SO Mσ z v F (ηk x ik y ) v F (ηk x + ik y ) 1 2 z + 1, (2) 2 ησ z SO Mσ z wherein v F is the Fermi velocity of carriers for the inplane momentum k = (k x, k y ) of the first Brillouin zone. a is the equilibrium lattice constant of structures and τ i (i = x, y, z) are the Pauli matrices in the sublattice space. The first term in Eq. (1) is the pristine graphene Hamiltonian (Dirac Hamiltonian) at Dirac cone approximation for K(K ) points indexed by η = +1( 1). This term refers to the intra-layer hopping from A atoms to B atoms and vice versa. The second term is the Kane Mele Hamiltonian for the intrinsic SOC. [44] If systems rest onto the surface of a magnetic insulator substrate, an exchange magnetization can be induced as M = SO /2. [45 46] σ = +1( 1) are used for spin-up and spin-down subbands. The Green s function matrix of the unperturbed system can be readily obtained by following equation 1 G η,σz (k, iω n ) = iω n Î H η,σz (k). (3) Having substituted Eq. (2) into Eq. (3), the explicit form of the Green s function matrix is found but has not been written here because it is quite lengthy. The lattice constants a, SOC and Fermi velocity at the Dirac point K are given as ((3.86, 4.02 and 4.70) Å), ((5.42, 5.24 and 4.70) 10 5 m/s) and ((1.55, 23.9 and 73.5) mev) for (silicene, germanene and stanene), respectively. [25] According to the Born approximation in the scattering theory [47] and using T matrix, [47] the electronic self-energy matrix of disordered system in the presence of finite but small density of impurity atoms, n i = N i /N, could be obtained as n i ν i (iωn ) = N i T imp (iω n ) = 1 ν i G η,σ z (iω n ), (4) where N is the number of unit cell atoms and ν i denotes the electronic on-site energy, which shows the strength of scattering potential. The local propagator of unperturbed system is given by G η,σ z (iω n ) = 1 G 0 η,σ N z (k, iω n ). (5) In order to include some contributions from multiple site k

3 No. 5 Communications in Theoretical Physics 571 scattering, we replace the local bare Green s function G η,σ z (iω n ) by local full one, G 0 η,σ z (iω n ), in the expression of the self-energy matrix in Eq. (4), leading to full self-consistent Born approximation. Under neglecting interstice correlations, the self-consistent problem requires the solution of equation n i ν i = 1 ν i G αα η,σ z (iω n ). (6) αα The electronic self-energy should be found from a selfconsistent solution of Eq. (6). The pertubative expansion for the Green s function of disordered system is obtained via the Dyson equation [47] as G η,σz (k, iω n ) = [G 0 1 η,σ z (k, iω n ) (iω n )] 1. (7) In the next section, EHC and MS are calculated. Fig. 1 The (a) side view and (b) top view schematic illustration of group-iv graphene-like nanosheets. The A and B sites separated by a distance 2d within the electric field (EF) E z. The black dashed lines illustrate the Bravais unit cell including two atoms. d i and d j are two typical vectors connecting the next nearest neighbors. 3 Electronic Heat Capacity and Magnetic Susceptibility Density of states (DOS) can be calculated by trace of the imaginary part of the Green s function matrix, D(ε) = I Tr G(ε)/π. [48] Taking trace over the quantum numbers, which label the Hamiltonian, engaging Eqs. (1) and (3) along with setting iω n ε + i0 + as an analytical continuation (being 0 + a very small real number), the total DOS would be eventuated D η,σz (ε) = 1 IG µµ η,σ πn z (k, ε + i0 + ), (8) c µ,k where µ describes a sub-site and N c is the number of unit cells. The EHC could be introduced by following expression [39] C(T ) = + εd η,σz (ε) T f(ε)dε, (9) in which D(ε) calculated by Eq. (8) and f(ε) = 1/[ e ε/k BT + 1] (k B is the Boltzmann constant) represents the Fermi Dirac distribution function. By using Eqs. (8) and (9), the EHC would be obtained as 1 + ε 2 e ε/k BT C η,σz (T ) = πn c T 2 I ( e ε/k BT + 1) 2 µ,k G µµ η,σ z (k, ε + i0 + )dε, (10) and MS could be introduced by following expression [39] χ η,σz (T ) = + µ,k D η,σz (ε) ε f(ε)dε, (11) in which f(e) = 1/[ e ε/kbt + 1] (being k B the Boltzmann constant) stands for the Fermi Dirac distribution function. Calling Eqs. (8) and (11), the MS would be obtained by χ η,σz (T ) = 1 + e ε/k BT I πn c T ( e ε/k BT + 1) 2 G µµ η,σ z (k, ε + i0 + )dε. (12) 4 Numerical Results In this section, taking into account Eqs. (2), (7), (10), and (12), we obtain the entire low-energy EHC and MS curves around the Dirac K point and spin-up because of the much number of results besides the K point and spindown. Because of the unique structure of aforementioned nanosheets and also a symmetry behavior between Dirac K(K ) point with spin-up (down) and K (K) point with spin-down (up), as verified in Refs. [26 27, 30, 32], we have focused on the K point and spin-up cases for reduction of the same results and curves. Also, we have completed our numerical calculations based on the reported parameters in Ref. [25]. It is well-known that EHC of semiconductors at low temperatures is given by C(T ) e /kbt. [39,49] We see that all curves for EHC exhibit the same behavior with respect to the temperature. Remarkable in every curve is an anomalous peak, so-called the Schottky anomaly, which appears over a small range of temperatures when thermal energy reaches to the energy gap between the subbands. [50 51] The Schottky anomaly as an interesting effect can be explained in terms of the changing in the entropy of the system. As we know, at zero temperature only the lowest energy level is occupied and the entropy is equal to zero. In this regard, there is a very little probability of transition to a higher energy level. As soon as the temperature increases, the entropy increases too monotonausly and therefore the probability of the transition goes up. As soon as the temperature closes to the difference between the energy levels in the system, a broad peak appears, which is corresponding to a large change in the entropy for a small change in temperature. At high temperatures, all of levels are occupied, so there is again a little change in the entropy for small changes in temperature and thus a lower heat capacity. [52 53] Here is the combined EF and impurity scattering potentials. Interaction between conducting electrons and dilute charged impurities affects the scattering rate of electrons.

4 572 Communications in Theoretical Physics Vol. 67 Fig. 2 Electronic heat capacity in terms of temperature at different electric field strengths for (a) silicene, (b) germanene, (c) stanene and (d) all structures at z = SO. Fig. 3 As Fig. 2 but for magnetic susceptibility.

5 No. 5 Communications in Theoretical Physics 573 Fig. 4 Temperature-dependent electronic heat capacity for various impurity concentrations for (a) silicene, (b) germanene, (c) stanene and (d) all structures at z = SO, ν i = 0.4 SO and n i = 0.1. Fig. 5 Similar to Fig. 4 but for magnetic susceptibility.

6 574 Communications in Theoretical Physics Vol. 67 Fig. 6 Temperature behavior of electronic heat capacity for various impurity scattering strengths for (a) silicene, (b) germanene, (c) stanene and (d) all structures at z = (3/2) SO, ν i = 0.4 SO and n i = 0.1. Fig. 7 Like Fig. 6 but for magnetic susceptibility.

7 No. 5 Communications in Theoretical Physics 575 The evaluation of EHC with EF has been presented in Fig. 2. For silicene, spin-up band gap decreases at z SO while increases at z > SO, which is in agreement with derived findings in Ref. [32]. It means that the Schottky anomaly appears at k B T < SO (k B T > SO ) for z < SO ( z > SO ). For germanene and stanene structures, the spin-up band gaps remain constant because of their large SOC, which does not allow the quantum states to change with EF. In fact, change of z in comparison with these large SOCs is negligible. For these nanosheets, there is a critical EF, z = (1/2) SO, where EHC is maximum. At low EF strengths, scattering rate is normal and systems see EF as a perturbation that affects their electron transports, but at z = SO, systems back to their initial states because of the uniform EF with a smaller transport. For z > SO, systems encounter with a unusual scattering rate and EHC increases. These are invalid for germanene and stanene because of their large SOC. For z > SO, we have minimum EHC for germanene and stanene structures. In Fig. 2(d), silicene (stanene) has the maximum (minimum) EHC at z = SO. Figure 3 show the temperature-dependent magnetic susceptibility like Fig. 2. Each curve bears a crossover, which originates from degenerated energy levels in the electronic minibands and parts the susceptibility into two temperature regions with a sharp positive slope before the apex and a relatively less negative slope after that. [52] According to the concept of magnetic susceptibility, which is a famous topic in every magnetic books and literatures, we have three magnetic orders based on the MS curves for spins including antiferromagnetic, ferromagnetic and paramagnetic. Susceptibility appears as response of the system to the interaction between magnetic field and spin of carriers, which changes the net magnetization of the system. To investigate the temperature behavior of susceptibility, the competition between thermal energy and mentioned interaction plays a key role in the system, leading to the change of magnetization. It is shown that at low temperatures, spin ordering of antiferromagntic systems changes interestingly with magnetic field and MS increases with temperature (albeit in small ranges). When thermal energy reaches to the band gap size of the system, MS max occurs and after that MS decreases, i.e., system does not answer to magnetic field at high temperatures. Generally, at low temperatures, magnetic field is dominant and MS increases while at high temperatures, temperature is dominant and MS decreases but with a critical temperature, known as Neel temperature. In fact, magnetic field at low temperatures flips the spins and the number of spins with the same directions increases, which leads to the increase of MS but at high temperatures, magnetic field cannot flip the spins and MS decreases because of the high scattering rate of carriers at high temperatures, as shown in the following figure. In ferromagnetic state, all spins have the same directions and at low temperatures, MS decreases with a severe slope up to the Curie temperature. Finally, paramagnetic materials have the random spin directions and MS decreases slightly with temperature because of the weak coupling between spins and external magnetic field. At first, spin-up have the ferromagnetic configuration while for z < SO and z > SO, silicene show antiferromagnetic phase and transitions to paramagnetic at z = SO. These changes are not valid for germanene and stanene structures and only at z < SO, systems show the antiferromagnetic phase. Presented in Fig. 4 are temperature-dependent EHC for various ICs at z = SO and ν i / SO = 0.4. One can see that EHC increases with n i and the band gap size does not change for silicene. Interestingly, EHC decreases with n i for germanene and stanene, which it can be understood by their large intrinsic SOC. Also, it is necessary to say that these changes are at 1 < k B T/ SO < 2 and 1 < k B T/ SO < 3/2 for germanene and stanene, respectively. Figure 4(d) presents silicene (stanene) has the EHC max (EHC min ). Figure 5 shows that impurity transited the magnetic order of the spins-up from paramagnetic to ferromagnetic phase by flipping. Germanene and stanene do not have phase transition with n i. Silicene (stanene) responses to the external magnetic field as maximum (minimum) behavior as shown in Fig. 5(d). Finally, we have investigated the temperature behavior of EHC and MS of these systems for various ICCs in Figs. 6 and 7. Generally, EHC decreases with ν i / SO in silicene. Also, the band gap decreases with ν i / SO because the crossover moves towards the lower temperatures. In germanene and stanene, EHC decreases slightly with ν i / SO up to ν i < SO while increases for ν i > SO. For MS results, according to the previous descriptions on magnetic order, silicene s phase is antiferromagnetic while germanene and stanene are at ferromagnetic phase and all structures have MS max at ν i > SO. 5 Summary In summary, based on symmetry aspects and the massive Dirac theory combined with the Green s function method, we derived the temperature behavior electronic heat capacity and magnetic susceptibility of silicene, germanene and stanene with electric field, impurity concentration and impurity scattering strength. Spin-up band gap changes with the mentioned above quantities because of the change of the scattering rate of carriers. We have found that the impurity-dependent magnetic susceptibility curves lead to a phase transition from ferromagnetic to paramagnetic and antiferromagnetic phases.

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