Theoretical Study of Neuromorphic Devices Based on Two-dimensional-based Magnetic Tunnel Junctions

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To understand graphene (Gr) and hBN stability on Ni(111) substrate when a vacancy is created and their magnetic properties around the vacancy site, first-principles calculations were performed on several graphene and hBN vacancy systems as follows: 1.) Gr-vacancy/Ni; A spin-polarized localized state was observed when vacancy was created on the hollow site of Gr with a magnetic moment parallel to the neighboring C atoms, but opposite direction with Ni-slab. 2.) hBN-vacancy/Ni; A spin-polarized localized state was observed when vacancy was created on the B-site of hBN. The spin direction of a spin-polarized localized state was parallel to the N atoms surrounding the vacancy. Because of that, the spin direction of the localized state is parallel to Ni slabs creating a perfect spin filter. 3.) Gr-vacancy-hBN/Ni; Any vacancy on C atoms gives the vacancy a spin-polarized localized state with a spin direction opposite to Ni's substrate spin. Furthermore, the magnetic proximity effect from the Ni slab enables possible control of the spin direction of the localized state by controlling Ni magnetic alignment. However, when H atoms were considered at vacancy, creating V111, the H atoms preferred to buckle up, causing no spin-polarized localized state created at vacancy. From these results, a possible multi-level magnetic state can be expected by controlling the localized state spin direction of multi-stacking hBN and Gr vacancies.The importance of hybridization at the interface on affecting the proximity effect was also found when hBN/oxidized Ni surface and hBN/Ni3Au was considered.