Molecular-Spintronics: The Art of Driving Spin Through Molecules

By Stefano Sanvito, A. Rocha. 2006

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(Dated: May 9, 2006) Spintronics is the ability of injecting, manipulating and detecting electron spins into solid state systems. Molecular-electronics investigates the possibility of making electronic devices using organic molecules. Traditionally these two burgeoning areas have lived separate lives, but recently a growing number of experiments have indicated a possible pathway towards their integration. This is the playground for molecular-spintronics, where spin-polarized currents are carried through molecules, and in turn they can affect the state of the molecule. We review the most recent advances in molecular-spintronics. In particular we discuss how a fully quantitative theory for spin-transport in nanostructures can offer fundamental insights into the main factors affecting spin-transport at the molecular level, and can help in designing novel concept devices.

Subfields: Biomedical Engineering, Materials Chemistry, Physical and Theoretical Chemistry

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• Unravelling the role of the interface for spin injection into organic semiconductors (2010, background): “Besides flexibility, chemical engineering and low production costs, the opportunity that spin relaxation times could be enhanced by several orders of magnitude compared with inorganic materials arouses a strong interest for organic semiconductor”
• Molecular spintronics using single-molecule magnets. (2008, background): “In this context, a new field of molecular spintronics is emerging that combines the ideas and the advantages of spintronics and molecular electronic”