Probing the edge states in a zigzag phosphorene nanoribbon via RKKY exchange interaction

SK Firoz Islam, Paramita Dutta, A. M. Jayannavar +1

Phosphorene is an anisotropic puckered two-dimensional ($2$D) hexagonal lattice of phosphorus atoms. The edge modes in a zigzag phosphorene nanoribbon (ZPNR) are quasi-flat in natu…