Spin-filtering effect in the transport through a single-molecule magnet Mn$_{12}$ bridged between metallic electrodes

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2009-01-27

arxiv.org/abs/0901.4271v1

Journal of Applied Physics 105, 07E309 (2009)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Materials Science

Accepted for publication at J. Appl. Phys

Scientific paper

10.1063/1.3072789

Electronic transport through a single-molecule magnet Mn$_{12}$ in a two-terminal set up is calculated using the non-equilibrium Green's function method in conjunction with density-functional theory. A single-molecule magnet Mn$_{12}$ is bridged between Au(111) electrodes via thiol group and alkane chains such that its magnetic easy axis is normal to the transport direction. A computed spin-polarized transmission coefficient in zero-bias reveals that resonant tunneling near the Fermi level occurs through some molecular orbitals of majority spin only. Thus, for low bias voltages, a spin-filtering effect such as only one spin component contributing to the conductance, is expected. This effect would persist even with inclusion of additional electron correlations.

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