@article{ISI:000257284000069,
 abstract = {We study edge state magnetism in graphene nanostructures using a mean
field theory of the Hubbard model. We investigate how the magnetism of
the zigzag edges of graphene is affected by the presence of other types
of terminating edges and defects. By a detailed study of both regular
shapes, such as polygonal nanodots and nanoribbons, and irregular
shapes, we conclude that the magnetism in zigzag edges is very robust.
Our calculations show that the zigzag edges that are longer than three
to four repeat units are always magnetic, irrespective of other edges,
regular or irregular. We, therefore, clearly demonstrate that the edge
irregularities and defects of the bounding edges of graphene
nanostructures do not destroy the edge state magnetism. (c) 2008
American Institute of Physics.},
 article-number = {244717},
 author = {Bhowmick, Somnath and Shenoy, Vijay B.},
 doi = {10.1063/1.2943678},
 eissn = {1089-7690},
 issn = {0021-9606},
 journal = {JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS},
 month = {JUN 28},
 number = {24},
 orcid-numbers = {Bhowmick, Somnath/0000-0003-4094-5204},
 times-cited = {76},
 title = {Edge state magnetism of single layer graphene nanostructures},
 unique-id = {ISI:000257284000069},
 volume = {128},
 year = {2008}
}