Nature Communications (Sep 2017)

Tuning magnetoresistance in molybdenum disulphide and graphene using a molecular spin transition

  • Subhadeep Datta,
  • Yongqing Cai,
  • Indra Yudhistira,
  • Zebing Zeng,
  • Yong-Wei Zhang,
  • Han Zhang,
  • Shaffique Adam,
  • Jishan Wu,
  • Kian Ping Loh

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-00727-w
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Engineering a coupling between magnetic molecules and conducting materials at room temperature could help the development of spintronic devices. Loh et al. show that the spin state of QDTP molecules deposited on graphene and MoS2 couples to their electronic structure, affecting magnetotransport.