Organic Radicals As Spin Filters

C. Herrmann; Gemma Clare Solomon; M. A. Ratner

Organic Radicals As Spin Filters

C. Herrmann, Gemma Clare Solomon, M. A. Ratner

Department of Chemistry

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Abstract

"Chemical equation presented" Molecular spintronics has received extensive interest in recent years. Due to their favorable properties such as long spin coherence lengths and an amenability to fine-tuning via chemical substituents, organic materials play a prominent role in this field. Here we discuss how organic radicals may act as spin filters in the coherent tunneling regime and how they may be tuned to filter either majority- or minority-spin electrons by adding electron-donating or -withdrawing substituents. For a set of benzene-based model systems, we identify dips in the spin-resolved transmission, which may be caused by destructive interference, as a desirable feature when aiming for efficient spin filtering. Furthermore, the qualitative predictions made for our model systems are shown to be transferable to larger stable radicals.

Original language	English
Journal	Journal of the American Chemical Society
Volume	132
Issue number	11
ISSN	0002-7863
Publication status	Published - 24 Mar 2010

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