Signature of gate-tunable magnetism in graphene grafted with Pt-porphyrins

Inducing magnetism in graphene holds great promises, such as controlling the exchange interaction with a gate electrode, and generating exotic magnetic phases. Coating graphene with magnetic molecules or atoms has so far mostly led to decreased graphene mobility. In the present work, we show that Pt-porphyrin molecules adsorbed on graphene lead both to an enhanced mobility, and to gate-dependent magnetism. We report that porphyrins can act both as donor or acceptor molecules, depending on the initial doping of the graphene sheet. The porphyrins transfer charge and ionize around the charged impurities on graphene, and, consequently, the graphene doping is decreased and its mobility is enhanced. Our findings suggest that long-range (of the order of the coherence length, or micrometers) magnetism is induced through graphene by the ionized porphyrins' magnetic moment. This magnetic interaction is controled by the density of carriers in graphene, a tunability that could be exploited in spintronic applications.