title: Graphite and graphene as perfect spin filters.
abstract: Based upon the observations (i) that their in-plane lattice constants match almost perfectly and (ii) that their electronic structures overlap in reciprocal space for one spin direction only, we predict perfect spin filtering for interfaces between graphite and (111) fcc or (0001) hcp Ni or Co. The spin filtering is quite insensitive to roughness and disorder. The formation of a chemical bond between graphite and the open d-shell transition metals that might complicate or even prevent spin injection into a single graphene sheet can be simply prevented by dusting Ni or Co with one or a few monolayers of Cu while still preserving the ideal spin-injection property.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Science and Technology and MESA+ Institute for Nanotechnology, University of Twente, P.O. Box 217, 7500 AE Enschede, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: V M
authors.initials: VM
authors.lastname: Karpan
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Giovannetti
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Khomyakov
authors.forename: M
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authors.lastname: Talanana
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authors.lastname: Starikov
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authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zwierzycki
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authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: van den Brink
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authors.lastname: Brocks
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authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Kelly