The chiral dependence of effective masses of polaron spin states in chiral structures.

The renormalization of effective masses of polaron spin states in chiral structures is studied based on the direct spin–phonon coupling, in which the simple formulas for the renormalization of effective masses are derived for polarons with spin-up and spin-down states using a linear-combination operator method. The theoretical calculations show that the effective masses are renormalized significantly with increasing the cut-off wave vector of phonon modes and the renormalized magnitudes are different for right-handed and left-handed structures. Moreover, the renormalized magnitude for the spin-down state is larger than the spin-up one. This asymmetrical behavior naturally gives rise to very different conductivities for spin-up and spin-down states as electrons transmitted through the systems. These results not only enrich the microscopic origin of CISS mechanism, but also enlighten more experimental ways to explore CISS. • The effective masses of polaron spin states in chiral structures are studied based on the direct spin–phonon coupling. • Two simple formulas for the renormalization of effective mass are derived for polarons spin states. • The asymmetrical behaviors of renormalized magnitudes in right-handed and left-handed structures enlighten the origin of chiral-induced spin selectivity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]