Nonmagnetic single-molecule spin-filter based on quantum interference

Atindra Nath Pal; Dongzhe Li; Soumyajit Sarkar; Sudipto Chakrabarti; Ayelet Vilan; Leeor Kronik; Alexander Smogunov; Oren Tal

doi:10.1038/s41467-019-13537-z

Nature Communications (Dec 2019)

Nonmagnetic single-molecule spin-filter based on quantum interference

Atindra Nath Pal,
Dongzhe Li,
Soumyajit Sarkar,
Sudipto Chakrabarti,
Ayelet Vilan,
Leeor Kronik,
Alexander Smogunov,
Oren Tal

Affiliations

Atindra Nath Pal: Department of Chemical and Biological Physics, Weizmann Institute of Science
Dongzhe Li: Department of Physics, University of Konstanz
Soumyajit Sarkar: Department of Materials and Interfaces, Weizmann Institute of Science
Sudipto Chakrabarti: Department of Chemical and Biological Physics, Weizmann Institute of Science
Ayelet Vilan: Department of Chemical and Biological Physics, Weizmann Institute of Science
Leeor Kronik: Department of Materials and Interfaces, Weizmann Institute of Science
Alexander Smogunov: SPEC, CEA, CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay, CEA Saclay
Oren Tal: Department of Chemical and Biological Physics, Weizmann Institute of Science

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-13537-z
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Quantum interference can be used to control electronic transport with high sensitivity at the nanoscale. Pal et al. show that without the need for magnetic materials, quantum interference can also filter spin transport approaching the limit of ideal spin-polarized ballistic transport in molecular junctions.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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