Abstract
Using the nonequilibrium Green's function method, we investigated theoretically the spin-dependent transport and the current-induced spin transfer torque (CISTT) in a zigzag-graphene-nanoribbon (ZGNR) spin valve in the presence of an applied uniaxial strain to the ZGNR. It is found that, when a longitudinal or transverse strain is applied, the conductance versus the Fermi energy remains unchanged around the Dirac point. However, when the Fermi energy is larger than the molecular field of two ferromagnetic electrodes, the dependence of the conductance on the uniaxial strain exhibits totally different behaviors for parallel and antiparallel configurations for the electrodes' magnetizations, which leads to a transition of magnetoresistance (MR) from a perfect histogramlike behavior to successive cusplike peaks and to a steplike behavior with sharp peaks for the longitudinal and transverse strains, respectively. It is further shown that the CISTT per unit of the bias voltage as a function of the Fermi energy is antisymmetric respective to the Dirac point and exhibits typical successive oscillations composed of broad peaks closely followed by sharp ones.
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