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Spin selectivity effect in achiral molecular systems.
- Source :
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Physical Review B . Oct2016, Vol. 94 Issue 16, p1-1. 1p. - Publication Year :
- 2016
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Abstract
- Recently, chiral-induced spin selectivity has been attracting intense interest. Here, we report a theoretical study of spin-dependent electron transport in achiral nanotubes contacted by nonmagnetic leads. Our results reveal that by properly connecting to the leads, the achiral nanotubes can present a pronounced spin filtering phenomenon even if the spin-orbit coupling is very weak. In addition, the spin selectivity effect holds for various achiral nanotubes with different radii and is still significant in the presence of strong disorder and dephasing. These findings open new opportunities of using achiral molecules in spintronic applications and could motivate further studies on spin transport along achiral systems. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *SPINTRONICS
*SPIN-orbit interactions
*NANOTUBES
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 24699950
- Volume :
- 94
- Issue :
- 16
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Physical Review B
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 119404555
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.94.165409