We studied the energy spectrum of two coupled XY spin-1/2 chains with different exchange integrals and inter-chain interaction of Ising type. The thorough analytical treatment of two-magnon states was given for finite and infinite lattice strips. To study the case of macroscopic number of inverted spins we used the corresponding density matrix renormalization group (DMRG) simulation. We also derived the self-consistent Bardeen-Cooper-Schrieffer (BCS) estimates for the lowest energies of the system. The comparison of the BCS and the DMRG estimates has shown incorrect behaviour of the BCS approximation for energy as a function of the intra-chain exchange integrals. To use the analytical results for two-magnon bound states we proposed a simple approximate formula for the lowest n-magnon energies of an infinite ladder with a more correct dependence on model parameters.

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Using the density-matrix renormalization group method and quantum Monte Carlo simulation, we studied numerically the energy spectrum and thermodynamics of the quantum Heisenberg spin model for narrow graphene nanoribbons and their derivatives with periodically embedded heteroatoms. For several nanoribbon structures we found macroscopic ground state spin, gapless lowest excitation spectra and intermediate magnetization plateaus at low temperatures. We also studied the lowest energy states of frustrated systems formed by triangular graphitic clusters connected by bridged ions of transition metals. On the base of many-body perturbation theory and the exact diagonalization method, we showed the possibility of spin switching for this model due to the change the corresponding coupling parameters.

The magnetic properties of narrow zigzag graphene nanoribbons with periodically embedded atoms of transition metals have been studied in the framework of Heisenberg spin Hamiltonian. We have proposed the simple effective model to give a semi-qualitative description of the peculiarities of magnetization profiles of the systems under consideration. This model can be used for an arbitrary value of spin of the embedded atoms of transition metals. Our analytical and numerical calculations confirm the correctness of the proposed model.

The energy spectra and low-temperature magnetic properties of two one-dimensional Heisenberg mixed spin ( s = 1, 1/2) systems, namely decorated two-leg mixed spin ladders with the lattice topology of polyacene, are studied. The gapless character of the exact excitation energy spectra for both ladder models has been determined. We found numerically that the model with macroscopic ground state spin S0 has gapped excitations with the spin S >  S0. This leads to the appearance of an intermediate plateau in field dependence of magnetization at low temperatures. We have shown that the ladder with equal coupling in legs has the maximal size of this plateau at the same coupling in rungs. For a mixed spin ladder model with Ising interactions in legs, the appearance of two intermediate magnetization plateaus at low temperatures and some values of coupling parameters was shown.