Interplay of structural chirality, electron spin and topological orbital in chiral molecular spin valves

• Published in: Nature communications Vol. 14; no. 1; pp. 5163 - 9
• Main Authors: Adhikari, Yuwaraj, Liu, Tianhan, Wang, Hailong, Hua, Zhenqi, Liu, Haoyang, Lochner, Eric, Schlottmann, Pedro, Yan, Binghai, Zhao, Jianhua, Xiong, Peng
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 24.08.2023; Nature Publishing Group; Nature Portfolio
• Subjects: 147/135; 639/301/357/404; 639/766/119/1001; 639/925/927/998; Chirality; Coupling (molecular); Crystals; Electrode polarization; Electrodes; Electron spin; Electrons; Heavy metals; Humanities and Social Sciences; Hybrids; Magnetic semiconductors; Metals; Molecular structure; multidisciplinary; Organic chemistry; Polarization; Polarization (spin alignment); Science; Science (multidisciplinary); Spin valves; Spin-orbit interactions; Topology; Valves

Chirality has been a property of central importance in physics, chemistry and biology for more than a century. Recently, electrons were found to become spin polarized after transmitting through chiral molecules, crystals, and their hybrids. This phenomenon, called chirality-induced spin selectivity...