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To determine how magnetic interactions influence the structural stability and adsorption configurations of hydrogen dimers on a graphene monolayer.

August 13, 2008Physical Review B

Stability and magnetism of hydrogen dimers on graphene

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YFY. FerroAix-Marseille Université DTD. Teillet‐BillyUniversité Paris-Sud NRN. RougeauUniversité Paris-Saclay

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Density functional theory study reveals magnetic coupling governs hydrogen dimer stability on graphene, highlighting position-dependent electronic states in carbon nanomaterials.

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To determine how magnetic interactions influence the structural stability and adsorption configurations of hydrogen dimers on a graphene monolayer.
Conducted density functional theory (DFT) simulations modeling single and double hydrogen atom adsorption onto a graphene lattice.
Mapped spin-density distributions across dimer configurations and partitioned the adsorption process into theoretical elementary energetic steps.
Hydrogen dimers adopt ferromagnetic, antiferromagnetic, or nonmagnetic ground states determined by their specific adsorption positions on the carbon grid.
Hydrogen pairs adsorbed at ortho and para carbon positions display the highest structural stability, directly mediated by the magnetic characteristics of the dimer.

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Ferro et al. (2008) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a964879a43071aed1f695cd https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.78.085417

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Density functional theory study reveals magnetic coupling governs hydrogen dimer stability on graphene, highlighting position-dependent electronic states in carbon nanomaterials.

Stability and magnetism of hydrogen dimers on graphene

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Stability and magnetism of hydrogen dimers on graphene

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