Magnetic and Thermospin Transport Properties of Triangular Graphene-Flake-Doped Boron Nitride Nanotubes

Abstract

Magnetic nanotubes are a new material platform to realize the spin-dependent Seebeck effect (SDSE) and thermal spin-filtering effect (TSFE) in spin caloritronics. Here, we designed several magnetic nanotubes using triangular graphene-flake-doped boron nitride nanotubes (GFBNNTs) and found that the band structure of these GFBNNTs can be effectively engineered by embedding graphene flakes (GFs) of different sizes. The magnetic boron nitride nanotubes (BNNTs) ((5, 5)-6N) generate a good SDSE with nearly symmetric spin-up and spin-down currents, while the magnetic BNNTs ((10, 0)-6N) generate a good TSFE. These theoretical results about the SDSE and TSFE in nanotubes enrich the spin caloritronics and suggest material candidates to realize the SDSE and other inspiring thermospin phenomena.