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arxiv: 2510.17412 · v1 · submitted 2025-10-20 · ❄️ cond-mat.mes-hall · cond-mat.mtrl-sci· physics.comp-ph· quant-ph

Geometry-Driven Charge and Spin Transport in β12 Borophene Quantum Dots

Seyed Mahdi Mastoor , Amirhossein Ahmadkhan Kordbacheh This is my paper

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Armchair edges in β12 borophene quantum dots produce wider and more stable fully spin-polarized transport windows than zigzag edges.

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The paper examines how the shape of small β12 borophene structures and the edge type of their connections to leads shape charge and spin flow. Circular and hexagonal central regions are attached to semi-infinite zigzag or armchair nanoribbon leads and modeled with a five-band tight-binding Hamiltonian fitted to first-principles results. Transport is calculated in the non-equilibrium Green's function framework to obtain spin-resolved transmissions and polarization as lead width and exchange field vary. Armchair-connected devices show broader ranges of complete spin polarization that remain stable against small changes in lead size, while zigzag connections yield narrower windows. The findings point to concrete geometric rules for building nanoscale borophene devices that filter spin current efficiently.

Core claim

In β12 borophene quantum dots formed as circular discs or regular hexagons and coupled to semi-infinite nanoribbon leads, armchair edge terminations produce broader and more stable intervals of full spin polarization than zigzag terminations. Critical lead-width thresholds of approximately 1.01 nm for zigzag and 0.87 nm for armchair mark the point where complete spin filtering sets in, and this filtering occurs once the proximity-induced exchange field exceeds a moderate value.

What carries the argument

The five-band tight-binding Hamiltonian parameterized from first-principles data, used inside the non-equilibrium Green's function formalism to compute geometry-dependent spin-resolved transmission probabilities.

If this is right

  • Armchair-connected structures maintain full spin polarization over wider ranges of lead width than zigzag-connected structures.
  • Complete spin filtering occurs once the proximity-induced exchange field exceeds a moderate threshold value.
  • Confinement geometry and edge termination together determine the stability of the polarized transmission windows.
  • These geometric controls supply practical design guidelines for borophene-based nanoscale spintronic devices.

Where Pith is reading between the lines

These are editorial extensions of the paper, not claims the author makes directly.

  • Edge engineering alone might allow tuning of spin current without altering overall device size or requiring large external fields.
  • The identified lead-width thresholds imply that fabrication tolerances near 1 nm will be decisive for reliable spin filtering performance.
  • The same geometry dependence could be tested in related boron allotropes to check whether the armchair advantage generalizes.

Load-bearing premise

The five-band tight-binding Hamiltonian parameterized from first-principles data accurately describes the electronic structure and transport in these confined β12 borophene geometries.

What would settle it

Fabricating β12 borophene quantum dots with armchair and zigzag leads of varying widths and measuring whether the spin polarization remains fully polarized above the calculated thresholds of 0.87 nm and 1.01 nm.

Figures

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Figure 3. Figure 3: Transmission of initial desired disc with [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p004_3.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 4. Figure 4: Minimum transmission (red color) per vary [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p005_4.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 6. Figure 6: Spin polarization for vary exchange fields for [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p006_6.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 8. Figure 8: Transmission of initial desired hexagon with [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p007_8.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 11. Figure 11: Spin polarization for vary exchange fields [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p007_11.png] view at source ↗
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Theoretical research has been conducted to study how geometry affects charge and spin transport in $\beta\mathrm{12}$ borophene quantum dots, which are confined systems. The study examined two distinct central regions, which included a circular disc and a regular hexagonal area that connected to semi-infinite zigzag and armchair borophene nanoribbon leads. The system was described by a five-band tight-binding Hamiltonian parameterized using first-principles data, and the transport properties were calculated within the non-equilibrium Green's function framework. Spin resolved transmissions and spin polarization were computed for a range of lead widths and proximity-induced exchange field strengths. The analysis revealed distinct transport characteristics determined by geometry and edge configuration: armchair-connected structures exhibited broader and more stable fully spin-polarized windows compared with zigzag-connected counterparts. Furthermore, critical lead-width thresholds ($\approx 1.01$ nm for zigzag and $\approx 0.87$ nm for armchair) and a moderate exchange field above which complete spin filtering occurs were identified. The results highlight the strong influence of edge termination and confinement geometry on transport properties and provide useful design guidelines for developing borophene-based nanoscale spintronic devices.

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Referee Report

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Summary. The manuscript examines geometry-dependent charge and spin transport in β12 borophene quantum dots (circular and hexagonal) connected to semi-infinite zigzag or armchair nanoribbon leads. A five-band tight-binding Hamiltonian, parameterized from first-principles data, is combined with the non-equilibrium Green's function formalism to compute spin-resolved transmissions and polarization as functions of lead width and proximity-induced exchange field. The central findings are that armchair-connected structures show broader and more stable fully spin-polarized windows than zigzag-connected ones, together with specific critical lead-width thresholds (≈1.01 nm zigzag, ≈0.87 nm armchair) above which complete spin filtering occurs for moderate exchange fields.

Significance. If the numerical results are robust, the work supplies concrete design guidelines for borophene-based spintronic devices by demonstrating how edge termination and confinement geometry control spin-filtering windows. The explicit identification of lead-width thresholds and the comparative stability of armchair versus zigzag configurations constitute falsifiable predictions that could be tested experimentally. The use of a pre-parameterized five-band TB model within NEGF is a standard, reproducible approach that allows direct comparison with other 2D-material transport studies.

major comments (1)
  1. [§2] §2 (Model and Methods): The five-band tight-binding Hamiltonian is parameterized exclusively from first-principles data on extended or periodic β12 borophene. No validation is presented for the finite quantum-dot geometries or the dot-lead junctions (circular or hexagonal). Because the reported critical widths (≈1.01 nm zigzag, ≈0.87 nm armchair) and the existence of stable fully spin-polarized windows are direct numerical outputs of this Hamiltonian, any geometry-specific shifts in on-site energies or interface hoppings would quantitatively alter or eliminate those thresholds. A direct DFT comparison for at least one representative QD-lead configuration is required to establish that the bulk parameterization remains accurate under confinement.
minor comments (2)
  1. Figure captions and the main text should explicitly state the number of k-points, energy broadening, and convergence criteria used in the NEGF calculations to allow reproduction of the transmission curves.
  2. The abstract states that spin-resolved transmissions were computed, yet the main text would benefit from a brief statement confirming that the exchange field is applied uniformly only to the central dot region (as implied by the proximity-induced setup).

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We thank the referee for the thorough review and constructive feedback on our manuscript. We address the major comment point by point below, providing clarifications on our methodology while acknowledging limitations where appropriate. We have revised the manuscript to incorporate additional discussion that strengthens the presentation of the model.

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  1. Referee: §2 (Model and Methods): The five-band tight-binding Hamiltonian is parameterized exclusively from first-principles data on extended or periodic β12 borophene. No validation is presented for the finite quantum-dot geometries or the dot-lead junctions (circular or hexagonal). Because the reported critical widths (≈1.01 nm zigzag, ≈0.87 nm armchair) and the existence of stable fully spin-polarized windows are direct numerical outputs of this Hamiltonian, any geometry-specific shifts in on-site energies or interface hoppings would quantitatively alter or eliminate those thresholds. A direct DFT comparison for at least one representative QD-lead configuration is required to establish that the bulk parameterization remains accurate under confinement.

    Authors: We appreciate the referee's emphasis on model validation for confined systems. The five-band tight-binding Hamiltonian was fitted to first-principles calculations on the periodic β12 borophene lattice to reproduce the electronic structure near the Fermi level, including the characteristic Dirac-like features. In the quantum-dot calculations, the same on-site energies and hopping integrals are employed, with confinement and edge terminations explicitly encoded via the finite atomic geometry and the choice of zigzag or armchair lead orientations. This transferability assumption is standard in NEGF-TB studies of 2D materials (e.g., graphene nanoribbons and phosphorene nanostructures), where bulk-derived parameters successfully capture transport in finite devices because the dominant interactions remain local. We acknowledge that explicit re-fitting or DFT benchmarking of the dot-lead interface would provide additional reassurance. However, performing self-consistent DFT on representative QD-lead junctions (hundreds of atoms) lies outside the computational scope of the present tight-binding study. To address the concern directly, we have added a dedicated paragraph in §2 discussing the rationale for parameter transferability, citing analogous literature validations, and noting that edge-specific effects are already incorporated through the explicit lattice termination rather than through modified hoppings. revision: partial

Circularity Check

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No circularity: numerical transport results from external parameterization and NEGF

full rationale

The paper adopts a five-band tight-binding Hamiltonian parameterized from first-principles data (external to the present work) and computes spin-resolved transmissions and polarization via the non-equilibrium Green's function method applied to finite quantum-dot geometries with varying lead widths and exchange fields. The reported critical thresholds (≈1.01 nm zigzag, ≈0.87 nm armchair) and geometry-dependent fully spin-polarized windows are direct numerical outputs of this standard computational pipeline, not algebraic identities, self-definitions, or fitted quantities renamed as predictions. No self-citation chains, uniqueness theorems, or ansatzes smuggled via prior author work appear in the derivation. The study is self-contained against external benchmarks (DFT parameterization and NEGF formalism) and does not reduce its central claims to its own inputs by construction.

Axiom & Free-Parameter Ledger

1 free parameters · 2 axioms · 0 invented entities

The central claims rest on the accuracy of a five-band tight-binding model whose hoppings are taken from external first-principles calculations and on the validity of the NEGF formalism for coherent transport in these mesoscopic structures.

free parameters (1)
  • proximity-induced exchange field strength
    Varied parametrically to locate the onset of complete spin filtering; value is not derived from the model but scanned.
axioms (2)
  • domain assumption The five-band tight-binding Hamiltonian parameterized from first-principles data faithfully reproduces the band structure and edge states of β12 borophene in both bulk and confined geometries.
    Invoked to justify the Hamiltonian used for all transport calculations.
  • standard math Non-equilibrium Green's function formalism in the coherent-transport limit correctly yields spin-resolved transmission probabilities for the described lead-dot-lead geometry.
    Standard assumption of the NEGF method employed.

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