Molecular Spintronics: Spin-Dependent Electron Transport in Molecular Wires

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2002-01-18

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0201344v2

Physics

Condensed Matter

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics

14 pages, 9 figures

Scientific paper

10.1016/S0301-0104(02)00566-9

We present a theoretical study of spin-dependent transport through molecular wires bridging ferromagnetic metal nanocontacts. We extend to magnetic systems a recently proposed model that provides a em quantitative explanation of the conductance measurements of Reed et al. on Au break-junctions bridged by self-assembled molecular monolayers (SAMs) of 1,4-benzene-dithiolate (BDT) molecules. Based on our calculations, we predict that spin-valve behavior should be observable in nickel break-junctions bridged by SAM's formed from BDT. We also consider spin transport in systems consisting of a clean ferromagnetic nickel STM tip and SAMs of benzene-thiol molecules on gold and nickel substrates. We find that spin-valve behavior should be possible for the Ni substrate. For the case where the substrate is gold, we show that it should be possible to inject a highly spin-polarized current into the substrate.

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