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Fransson J, Turin L. Current Induced Spin-Polarization in Chiral Molecules. J Phys Chem Lett 2024; 15:6370-6374. [PMID: 38857512 PMCID: PMC11194818 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.4c01362] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2024] [Revised: 06/02/2024] [Accepted: 06/04/2024] [Indexed: 06/12/2024]
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The inverse spin-galvanic effect or current-induced spin-polarization is mainly associated with interfaces between different layers in semiconducting heterostructures, surfaces of metals, and bulk semiconducting materials. Here, we theoretically predict that the inverse spin-galvanic effect should also be present in chiral molecules, as a result of the chiral induced spin selectivity effect. As proof-of-principle, we calculate the nonequilibrium properties of a model system that previously has been successfully used to explain a multitude of aspects related to the chiral induced spin selectivity effect. Here we show that current driven spin-polarization in a chiral molecule gives rise to a magnetic moment that is sensitive to external magnet field. The chiral molecule then behaves like a soft ferromagnet. This, in turn, suggests that magnetic permeability measurement in otherwise nonmagnetic systems may be used noninvasively to detect the presence of spin-polarized currents.
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- J. Fransson
- Department
of Physics and Astronomy, Box 516, 751 20, Uppsala University, Uppsala 751 21, Sweden
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- Clore
Laboratory, University of Buckingham, Buckingham MK18 1EG, U.K.
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Chen S, Wu R, Fu HH. Persistent Chirality-Induced Spin-Selectivity Effect in Circular Helix Molecules. NANO LETTERS 2024; 24:6210-6217. [PMID: 38709107 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.4c00383] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/07/2024]
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The spin-orbit coupling (SOC), the dynamics of the nonequilibrium transport process, and the breaking of time-reversal and space-inversion symmetries have been regarded as key factors for the emergence of chirality-induced spin selectivity (CISS) and chirality-dependent spin currents in helix molecules. In this work, we demonstrated the generation of persistent CISS currents in various circular single-stranded DNAs and 310-helix proteins for the first time, regardless of whether an external magnetic flux is applied or not. This new CISS effect presents only in equilibrium transport processes, distinct from the traditional CISS observed in nonequilibrium transport processes and linear helix molecules; we term it as the PCISS effect. Notably, PCISS manifests irrespective of whether the SOC is chirality-driven or stems from heavy-metal substrates, making it an efficient way to generate chirality-locked pure spin currents. Our research establishes a novel paradigm for examining the underlying physics of the CISS effect.
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- Song Chen
- School of Physics and Wuhan National High Magnetic Field Center, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Irvine, California 92697-4575, United States
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- School of Physics and Wuhan National High Magnetic Field Center, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, People's Republic of China
- Institute for Quantum Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430074, China
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Vensaus P, Liang Y, Zigon N, Avarvari N, Mujica V, Soler-Illia GJAA, Lingenfelder M. Hybrid mesoporous electrodes evidence CISS effect on water oxidation. J Chem Phys 2024; 160:111103. [PMID: 38511663 DOI: 10.1063/5.0199339] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2024] [Accepted: 03/05/2024] [Indexed: 03/22/2024] Open
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Controlling product selectivity is essential for improving the efficiency of multi-product reactions. Electrochemical water oxidation is a reaction of main importance in different applications, e.g., renewable energy schemes and environmental protection, where H2O2 and O2 are the two principal products. In this Communication, the product selectivity of electrochemical water oxidation was controlled by making use of the chiral induced spin selectivity (CISS) effect at mesoporous-TiO2 on the molecule-modified Au substrate. Our results show a decrease in H2O2 formation when using chiral hetero-helicene molecules adsorbed on the Au substrate. We propose a mechanism for this kinetic effect based on the onset of CISS-induced spin polarization on the Au-helicene chiral interface. We also present a new tunable substrate to investigate the CISS mechanism.
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- Priscila Vensaus
- Max Planck-EPFL Laboratory for Molecular Nanoscience and Technology, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
- Institute of Physics (IPHYS), École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
- Instituto de Nanosistemas, Escuela de Bio y Nanotecnologías, Universidad Nacional de San Martín, San Martín B1650, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Max Planck-EPFL Laboratory for Molecular Nanoscience and Technology, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
- Institute of Physics (IPHYS), École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Univ Angers, CNRS, MOLTECH-Anjou, SFR MATRIX, F-49000 Angers, France
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- Univ Angers, CNRS, MOLTECH-Anjou, SFR MATRIX, F-49000 Angers, France
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- School of Molecular Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 85287, USA
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- Instituto de Nanosistemas, Escuela de Bio y Nanotecnologías, Universidad Nacional de San Martín, San Martín B1650, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Max Planck-EPFL Laboratory for Molecular Nanoscience and Technology, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
- Institute of Physics (IPHYS), École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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Bloom BP, Paltiel Y, Naaman R, Waldeck DH. Chiral Induced Spin Selectivity. Chem Rev 2024; 124:1950-1991. [PMID: 38364021 PMCID: PMC10906005 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.3c00661] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2023] [Revised: 01/16/2024] [Accepted: 01/23/2024] [Indexed: 02/18/2024]
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Since the initial landmark study on the chiral induced spin selectivity (CISS) effect in 1999, considerable experimental and theoretical efforts have been made to understand the physical underpinnings and mechanistic features of this interesting phenomenon. As first formulated, the CISS effect refers to the innate ability of chiral materials to act as spin filters for electron transport; however, more recent experiments demonstrate that displacement currents arising from charge polarization of chiral molecules lead to spin polarization without the need for net charge flow. With its identification of a fundamental connection between chiral symmetry and electron spin in molecules and materials, CISS promises profound and ubiquitous implications for existing technologies and new approaches to answering age old questions, such as the homochiral nature of life. This review begins with a discussion of the different methods for measuring CISS and then provides a comprehensive overview of molecules and materials known to exhibit CISS-based phenomena before proceeding to identify structure-property relations and to delineate the leading theoretical models for the CISS effect. Next, it identifies some implications of CISS in physics, chemistry, and biology. The discussion ends with a critical assessment of the CISS field and some comments on its future outlook.
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- Brian P. Bloom
- Department
of Chemistry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260, United States
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- Applied
Physics Department and Center for Nano-Science and Nano-Technology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 9190401, Israel
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- Department
of Chemical and Biological Physics, Weizmann
Institute, Rehovot 76100, Israel
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260, United States
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Tirion SH, van Wees BJ. Mechanism for Electrostatically Generated Magnetoresistance in Chiral Systems without Spin-Dependent Transport. ACS NANO 2024; 18:6028-6037. [PMID: 38353652 PMCID: PMC10906072 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.3c12925] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2023] [Revised: 01/29/2024] [Accepted: 01/31/2024] [Indexed: 02/28/2024]
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Significant attention has been drawn to electronic transport in chiral materials coupled to ferromagnets in the chirality-induced spin selectivity (CISS) effect. A large magnetoresistance (MR) is usually observed, which is widely interpreted to originate from spin (dependent) transport. However, there are severe discrepancies between the experimental results and the theoretical interpretations, most notably the apparent failure of the Onsager reciprocity relations in the linear response regime. We provide an alternative mechanism for the two terminal MR in chiral systems coupled to a ferromagnet. For this, we point out that it was observed experimentally that the electrostatic contact potential of chiral materials on a ferromagnet depends on the magnetization direction and chirality. The mechanism that we provide causes the transport barrier to be modified by the magnetization direction, already in equilibrium, in the absence of a bias current. This strongly alters the charge transport through and over the barrier, not requiring spin transport. This provides a mechanism that allows the linear response resistance to be sensitive to the magnetization direction and also explains the failure of the Onsager reciprocity relations. We propose experimental configurations to confirm our alternative mechanism for MR.
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- Sytze H. Tirion
- Zernike Institute for Advanced
Materials, University of Groningen, NL-9747AG Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Zernike Institute for Advanced
Materials, University of Groningen, NL-9747AG Groningen, The Netherlands
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Chen S, Fu HH. Spin-Dependent Destructive and Constructive Quantum Interference Associated with Chirality-Induced Spin Selectivity in Single Circular Helix Molecules. J Phys Chem Lett 2023:11076-11083. [PMID: 38048754 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.3c02648] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/06/2023]
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Chirality-induced spin selectivity (CISS) effect in straight helical molecules has received intense studies in past decade; however, the CISS effect in circular helical molecules (CHMs) has still rarely been explored. Here, we have constructed single CHMs having chirality-induced spin-orbit coupling (SOC) and connected by two nonmagnetic leads and successfully gained the required conditions for CISS effect occurring in CHMs for the first time. Our results uncover that only when the CHMs form a closed loop and when the lattice positions are coupled asymmetrically with both leads does the CISS effect occur. More importantly, the CISS-associated spin-dependent destructive and constructive quantum interference (QI) together with their phase transition appears in CHMs. The combination of CISS effect and spin-dependent QI phenomena opens up a new door to understand the underlying physics of the CISS effect in helical molecules.
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- Song Chen
- School of Physics and Wuhan National High Magnetic Field Center, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430074, People's Republic of China
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- School of Physics and Wuhan National High Magnetic Field Center, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430074, People's Republic of China
- Institute for Quantum Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430074, People's Republic of China
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Fathizadeh S. Phonon-assisted nearly pure spin current in DNA molecular chains: a multifractal analysis. Sci Rep 2023; 13:21281. [PMID: 38042962 PMCID: PMC10693578 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-48644-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2023] [Accepted: 11/28/2023] [Indexed: 12/04/2023] Open
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Motivated by the development of molecular spintronics, we studied the phonon-assisted spin transport along a DNA chain in the presence of environmental-induced dephasing using multifractal analysis. The results demonstrate that a nearly pure spin current is generated in the presence of the voltage gate. The pure spin current is enhanced by increasing thermal effects. The vibration modes due to the thermal phonon bath assist in generating the spin current, so the spin state is more delocalized in strong electron-phonon coupling. The phonon chirality can translate to the electron spin to create a nontrivial spin texture, including spin currents. The spin states become more extended by increasing the phonon temperature. On the other hand, the spin states are less localized in longer chains as the spin selectivity is higher in longer chains than in short ones. Therefore, we can engineer a molecular spintronic device by controlling phonon effects on the storage and transport of binary digits.
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- S Fathizadeh
- Department of Physics, Urmia University of Technology, Urmia, Iran.
- Research Institute for Applied Physics and Astronomy, Tabriz University, Tabriz, Iran.
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Eckvahl HJ, Tcyrulnikov NA, Chiesa A, Bradley JM, Young RM, Carretta S, Krzyaniak MD, Wasielewski MR. Direct observation of chirality-induced spin selectivity in electron donor-acceptor molecules. Science 2023; 382:197-201. [PMID: 37824648 DOI: 10.1126/science.adj5328] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2023] [Accepted: 08/23/2023] [Indexed: 10/14/2023]
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The role of chirality in determining the spin dynamics of photoinduced electron transfer in donor-acceptor molecules remains an open question. Although chirality-induced spin selectivity (CISS) has been demonstrated in molecules bound to substrates, experimental information about whether this process influences spin dynamics in the molecules themselves is lacking. Here we used time-resolved electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy to show that CISS strongly influences the spin dynamics of isolated covalent donor-chiral bridge-acceptor (D-Bχ-A) molecules in which selective photoexcitation of D is followed by two rapid, sequential electron-transfer events to yield D•+-Bχ-A•-. Exploiting this phenomenon affords the possibility of using chiral molecular building blocks to control electron spin states in quantum information applications.
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- Hannah J Eckvahl
- Department of Chemistry, Center for Molecular Quantum Transduction and Paula M. Trienens Institute for Sustainability and Energy, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208-3113, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Center for Molecular Quantum Transduction and Paula M. Trienens Institute for Sustainability and Energy, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208-3113, USA
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- Università di Parma, Dipartimento di Scienze Matematiche, Fisiche e Informatiche, I-43124 Parma, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry, Center for Molecular Quantum Transduction and Paula M. Trienens Institute for Sustainability and Energy, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208-3113, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Center for Molecular Quantum Transduction and Paula M. Trienens Institute for Sustainability and Energy, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208-3113, USA
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- Università di Parma, Dipartimento di Scienze Matematiche, Fisiche e Informatiche, I-43124 Parma, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry, Center for Molecular Quantum Transduction and Paula M. Trienens Institute for Sustainability and Energy, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208-3113, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Center for Molecular Quantum Transduction and Paula M. Trienens Institute for Sustainability and Energy, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208-3113, USA
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Nair AN, Fernandez S, Marcos-Hernández M, Romo DR, Singamaneni SR, Villagran D, Sreenivasan ST. Spin-Selective Oxygen Evolution Reaction in Chiral Iron Oxide Nanoparticles: Synergistic Impact of Inherent Magnetic Moment and Chirality. NANO LETTERS 2023; 23:9042-9049. [PMID: 37737823 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.3c02752] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/23/2023]
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Electron spin polarization is identified as a promising avenue for enhancing the oxygen evolution reaction (OER), which is the bottleneck that limits the energy efficiency of water-splitting. Here, we report that both ferrimagnetic (f-Fe3O4) and superparamagnetic iron oxide (s-Fe3O4) catalysts can exhibit external magnetic field (Hext)-induced OER enhancement, and the activity is proportional to their intrinsic magnetic moment. Additionally, the chirality-induced spin selectivity (CISS) effect was utilized in synergy with Hext to get a maximum enhancement of up to 89% improvement in current density (at 1.8 V vs RHE) with a low onset potential of 270 mV in s-Fe3O4 catalysts. Spin polarization and the resultant spin selectivity suppress the production of H2O2 and promote the formation of ground state triplet O2 during the OER. Furthermore, the design of chiral s-Fe3O4 with synergistic spin potential effect demonstrates a high spin polarization of ∼42%, as measured using conductive atomic force microscopy (c-AFM).
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- Aruna Narayanan Nair
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, Texas 79968, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, Texas 79968, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, Texas 79968, United States
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- Department of Physics, The University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, Texas 79968, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, Texas 79968, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, Texas 79968, United States
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Yang H, Li W, Ren J, Shuai Z. Time-Dependent Density Matrix Renormalization Group Method for Quantum Transport with Phonon Coupling in Molecular Junction. J Chem Theory Comput 2023; 19:6070-6081. [PMID: 37669099 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jctc.3c00340] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/06/2023]
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Quantum transport in molecular junctions has attracted great attention. The charge motion in a molecular junction can cause geometric deformation, leading to strong electron phonon coupling, which was often overlooked. We have formulated a nearly exact method to assess the time-dependent current and occupation number in the molecular junction modeled by the electron-phonon coupled bridge state using the time-dependent density matrix renormalization group (TD-DMRG) method. The oscillation period and amplitude of the current are found to be dependent on the electron phonon coupling strength and energy level alignment with the electrodes. In an attempt to better understand these phenomena, we have devised a new approximation that explains the bistability phenomenon and the behavior of steady currents in the strong electron-phonon coupling regime. Comparisons have been made with the multilayer-multiconfiguration time-dependent Hartree (ML-MCTDH) method and the analytical result in the purely electronic limit. Furthermore, we explore the entropy of different orderings, extending to the electron phonon model problems. Regarding finite temperature, the thermal Bogoliubov transformation of both fermions and bosons is used and compared with imaginary time evolution results.
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- Hengrui Yang
- MOE Key Laboratory of Organic Optoelectronics and Molecular Engineering, Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, People's Republic of China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Organic Optoelectronics and Molecular Engineering, Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, People's Republic of China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Theoretical and Computational Photochemistry, College of Chemistry, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, People's Republic of China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Organic Optoelectronics and Molecular Engineering, Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, People's Republic of China
- School of Science and Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518172, People's Republic of China
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Hedegård P. Spin dynamics and chirality induced spin selectivity. J Chem Phys 2023; 159:104104. [PMID: 37694743 DOI: 10.1063/5.0160233] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2023] [Accepted: 08/14/2023] [Indexed: 09/12/2023] Open
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By now, it is well known that chiral molecules can affect the spin of electrons passing through. In addition, the magnetization of, e.g., nanomagnets covered by chiral molecules can be affected by the presence of molecules. We are studying the mechanisms that explain various observations involving combinations of magnets and chiral molecules. We find that there exists a molecule induced contribution to the magnetic anisotropy of the magnets. Out of equilibrium, when electrons are actually being transported through a nano-magnet covered with chiral molecules, a molecule induced torque acting on the magnetization is emerging. It is of the spin-transfer-torque kind, already discussed in other parts of spintronics. This current induced torque can help explain the observed breaking of the Onsager reciprocity principle in experiments involving magnets and chiral molecules.
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- Per Hedegård
- Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 5, Copenhagen 2100, Denmark
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Alhyder R, Cappellaro A, Lemeshko M, Volosniev AG. Achiral dipoles on a ferromagnet can affect its magnetization direction. J Chem Phys 2023; 159:104103. [PMID: 37694742 DOI: 10.1063/5.0165806] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2023] [Accepted: 08/22/2023] [Indexed: 09/12/2023] Open
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We demonstrate the possibility of a coupling between the magnetization direction of a ferromagnet and the tilting angle of adsorbed achiral molecules. To illustrate the mechanism of the coupling, we analyze a minimal Stoner model that includes Rashba spin-orbit coupling due to the electric field on the surface of the ferromagnet. The proposed mechanism allows us to study magnetic anisotropy of the system with an extended Stoner-Wohlfarth model and argue that adsorbed achiral molecules can change magnetocrystalline anisotropy of the substrate. Our research aims to motivate further experimental studies of the current-free chirality induced spin selectivity effect involving both enantiomers.
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- Ragheed Alhyder
- Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA), Am Campus 1, Klosterneuburg 3400, Austria
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- Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA), Am Campus 1, Klosterneuburg 3400, Austria
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- Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA), Am Campus 1, Klosterneuburg 3400, Austria
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- Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA), Am Campus 1, Klosterneuburg 3400, Austria
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Theiler PM, Ritz C, Hofmann R, Stemmer A. Detection of a Chirality-Induced Spin Selective Quantum Capacitance in α-Helical Peptides. NANO LETTERS 2023; 23:8280-8287. [PMID: 37650519 PMCID: PMC10510583 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.3c02483] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2023] [Revised: 08/24/2023] [Indexed: 09/01/2023]
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Advanced Kelvin probe force microscopy simultaneously detects the quantum capacitance and surface potential of an α-helical peptide monolayer. These indicators shift when either the magnetic polarization or the enantiomer is toggled. A model based on a triangular quantum well in thermal and chemical equilibrium and electron-electron interactions allows for calculating the electrical potential profile from the measured data. The combination of the model and the measurements shows that no global charge transport is required to produce effects attributed to the chirality-induced spin selectivity effect. These experimental findings support the theoretical model of Fransson et al. Nano Letters 2021, 21 (7), 3026-3032. Measurements of the quantum capacitance represent a new way to test and refine theoretical models used to explain strong spin polarization due to chirality-induced spin selectivity.
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- Pius Markus Theiler
- Nanotechnology
Group, ETH Zürich, Säumerstrasse 4, 8803 Rüschlikon, Switzerland
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- Nanotechnology
Group, ETH Zürich, Säumerstrasse 4, 8803 Rüschlikon, Switzerland
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- Laboratory
of Organic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zürich, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Nanotechnology
Group, ETH Zürich, Säumerstrasse 4, 8803 Rüschlikon, Switzerland
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Fransson J. Temperature activated chiral induced spin selectivity. J Chem Phys 2023; 159:084115. [PMID: 37638628 DOI: 10.1063/5.0155854] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2023] [Accepted: 07/11/2023] [Indexed: 08/29/2023] Open
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Recent experiments performed on chiral molecules, comprising transition metal or rare earth elements, indicate temperature reinforced chiral induced spin selectivity. In these compounds, spin selectivity is suppressed in the low temperature regime but grows by one to several orders of magnitude as the temperature is increased to room temperature. By relating temperature to nuclear motion, it is proposed that nuclear displacements acting on the local spin moments, through indirect exchange interactions, generate an anisotropic magnetic environment that is enhanced with temperature. The induced local anisotropy field serves as the origin of a strongly increased spin selectivity at elevated temperature.
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- J Fransson
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Uppsala University, P.O. Box 516, 75120 Uppsala, Sweden
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Adhikari Y, Liu T, Wang H, Hua Z, Liu H, Lochner E, Schlottmann P, Yan B, Zhao J, Xiong P. Interplay of structural chirality, electron spin and topological orbital in chiral molecular spin valves. Nat Commun 2023; 14:5163. [PMID: 37620378 PMCID: PMC10449876 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-40884-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2022] [Accepted: 08/15/2023] [Indexed: 08/26/2023] Open
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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 (CISS), presents broad application potentials and far-reaching fundamental implications involving intricate interplays among structural chirality, topological states, and electronic spin and orbitals. However, the microscopic picture of how chiral geometry influences electronic spin remains elusive, given the negligible spin-orbit coupling (SOC) in organic molecules. In this work, we address this issue via a direct comparison of magnetoconductance (MC) measurements on magnetic semiconductor-based chiral molecular spin valves with normal metal electrodes of contrasting SOC strengths. The experiment reveals that a heavy-metal electrode provides SOC to convert the orbital polarization induced by the chiral molecular structure to spin polarization. Our results illustrate the essential role of SOC in the metal electrode for the CISS spin valve effect. A tunneling model with a magnetochiral modulation of the potential barrier is shown to quantitatively account for the unusual transport behavior.
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- Yuwaraj Adhikari
- Department of Physics, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, 32306, USA
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- Department of Physics, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, 32306, USA
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- State Key Laboratory of Superlattices and Microstructures, Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100083, Beijing, China
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- Department of Physics, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, 32306, USA
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- Department of Physics, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, 32306, USA
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- Department of Physics, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, 32306, USA
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- Department of Physics, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, 32306, USA
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- Department of Condensed Matter Physics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel.
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- State Key Laboratory of Superlattices and Microstructures, Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100083, Beijing, China.
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- Department of Physics, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, 32306, USA.
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Kapon Y, Kammerbauer F, Yochelis S, Kläui M, Paltiel Y. Magneto-optical imaging of magnetic-domain pinning induced by chiral molecules. J Chem Phys 2023; 159:064701. [PMID: 37578062 DOI: 10.1063/5.0159351] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2023] [Accepted: 07/12/2023] [Indexed: 08/15/2023] Open
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Chiral molecules have the potential for creating new magnetic devices by locally manipulating the magnetic properties of metallic surfaces. When chiral polypeptides chemisorb onto ferromagnets, they can induce magnetization locally by spin exchange interactions. However, direct imaging of surface magnetization changes induced by chiral molecules was not previously realized. Here, we use magneto-optical Kerr microscopy to image domains in thin films and show that chiral polypeptides strongly pin domains, increasing the coercive field locally. In our study, we also observe a rotation of the easy magnetic axis toward the out-of-plane, depending on the sample's domain size and the adsorption area. These findings show the potential of chiral molecules to control and manipulate magnetization and open new avenues for future research on the relationship between chirality and magnetization.
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- Yael Kapon
- Institute of Applied Physics, Faculty of Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 9190401, Israel
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- Institute of Physics, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Staudingerweg 7, 55128 Mainz, Germany
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- Institute of Applied Physics, Faculty of Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 9190401, Israel
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- Institute of Physics, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Staudingerweg 7, 55128 Mainz, Germany
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- Institute of Applied Physics, Faculty of Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 9190401, Israel
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Giaconi N, Poggini L, Lupi M, Briganti M, Kumar A, Das TK, Sorrentino AL, Viglianisi C, Menichetti S, Naaman R, Sessoli R, Mannini M. Efficient Spin-Selective Electron Transport at Low Voltages of Thia-Bridged Triarylamine Hetero[4]helicenes Chemisorbed Monolayer. ACS NANO 2023; 17:15189-15198. [PMID: 37493644 PMCID: PMC10416567 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.3c04878] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2023] [Accepted: 07/20/2023] [Indexed: 07/27/2023]
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The Chirality Induced Spin Selectivity (CISS) effect describes the capability of chiral molecules to act as spin filters discriminating flowing electrons according to their spin state. Within molecular spintronics, efforts are focused on developing chiral-molecule-based technologies to control the injection and coherence of spin-polarized currents. Herein, for this purpose, we study spin selectivity properties of a monolayer of a thioalkyl derivative of a thia-bridged triarylamine hetero[4]helicene chemisorbed on a gold surface. A stacked device assembled by embedding a monolayer of these molecules between ferromagnetic and diamagnetic electrodes exhibits asymmetric magnetoresistance with inversion of the signal according to the handedness of molecules, in line with the presence of the CISS effect. In addition, magnetically conductive atomic force microscopy reveals efficient electron spin filtering even at unusually low potentials. Our results demonstrate that thia[4]heterohelicenes represent key candidates for the development of chiral spintronic devices.
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- Niccolò Giaconi
- Department
of Chemistry “Ugo Schiff” (DICUS) & INSTM Research
Unit, University of Florence, Via della Lastruccia 3-13, Sesto Fiorentino 50019, Italy
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- Istituto
di Chimica dei Composti Organo-Metallici (ICCOM-CNR), Via Madonna del Piano 10, Sesto Fiorentino 50019, Italy
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- Department
of Chemistry “Ugo Schiff” (DICUS) & INSTM Research
Unit, University of Florence, Via della Lastruccia 3-13, Sesto Fiorentino 50019, Italy
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- Department
of Chemistry “Ugo Schiff” (DICUS) & INSTM Research
Unit, University of Florence, Via della Lastruccia 3-13, Sesto Fiorentino 50019, Italy
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- Department
of Chemical and Biological Physics, Weizmann
Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel
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- Department
of Chemical and Biological Physics, Weizmann
Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel
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- Department
of Chemistry “Ugo Schiff” (DICUS) & INSTM Research
Unit, University of Florence, Via della Lastruccia 3-13, Sesto Fiorentino 50019, Italy
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- Department
of Chemistry “Ugo Schiff” (DICUS) & INSTM Research
Unit, University of Florence, Via della Lastruccia 3-13, Sesto Fiorentino 50019, Italy
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- Department
of Chemistry “Ugo Schiff” (DICUS) & INSTM Research
Unit, University of Florence, Via della Lastruccia 3-13, Sesto Fiorentino 50019, Italy
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- Department
of Chemical and Biological Physics, Weizmann
Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel
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- Department
of Chemistry “Ugo Schiff” (DICUS) & INSTM Research
Unit, University of Florence, Via della Lastruccia 3-13, Sesto Fiorentino 50019, Italy
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- Department
of Chemistry “Ugo Schiff” (DICUS) & INSTM Research
Unit, University of Florence, Via della Lastruccia 3-13, Sesto Fiorentino 50019, Italy
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Xu Y, Mi W. Chiral-induced spin selectivity in biomolecules, hybrid organic-inorganic perovskites and inorganic materials: a comprehensive review on recent progress. MATERIALS HORIZONS 2023; 10:1924-1955. [PMID: 36989068 DOI: 10.1039/d3mh00024a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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The two spin states of electrons are degenerate in nonmagnetic materials. The chiral-induced spin selectivity (CISS) effect provides a new strategy for manipulating electron's spin and a deeper understanding of spin selective processes in organisms. Here, we summarize the important discoveries and recent experiments performed during the development of the CISS effect, analyze the spin polarized transport in various types of materials and discuss the mechanisms, theoretical calculations, experimental techniques and biological significance of the CISS effect. The first part of this review concisely presents a general overview of the discoveries and importance of the CISS effect, laws and underlying mechanisms of which are discussed in the next section, where several classical experimental methods for detecting the CISS effect are also introduced. Based on the organic and inorganic properties of materials, the CISS effect of organic biomolecules, hybrid organic-inorganic perovskites and inorganic materials are reviewed in the third, fourth and fifth sections, especially the chiral transfer mechanism of hybrid materials and the relationship between the CISS effect and life science. In addition, conclusions and prospective future of the CISS effect are outlined at the end, where the development and applications of the CISS effect in spintronics are directly described, which is helpful for designing promising chiral spintronic devices and understanding the natural status of chirality from a new perspective.
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- Yingdan Xu
- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Low Dimensional Materials Physics and Preparation Technology, School of Science, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300354, China.
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Low Dimensional Materials Physics and Preparation Technology, School of Science, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300354, China.
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Dednam W, García-Blázquez MA, Zotti LA, Lombardi EB, Sabater C, Pakdel S, Palacios JJ. A Group-Theoretic Approach to the Origin of Chirality-Induced Spin-Selectivity in Nonmagnetic Molecular Junctions. ACS NANO 2023; 17:6452-6465. [PMID: 36947721 PMCID: PMC10100547 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.2c11410] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2022] [Accepted: 03/16/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Spin-orbit coupling gives rise to a range of spin-charge interconversion phenomena in nonmagnetic systems where certain spatial symmetries are reduced or absent. Chirality-induced spin-selectivity (CISS), a term that generically refers to a spin-dependent electron transfer in nonmagnetic chiral systems, is one such case, appearing in a variety of seemingly unrelated situations ranging from inorganic materials to molecular devices. In particular, the origin of CISS in molecular junctions is a matter of an intense current debate. Here, we derive a set of geometrical conditions for this effect to appear, hinting at the fundamental role of symmetries beyond otherwise relevant quantitative issues. Our approach, which draws on the use of point-group symmetries within the scattering formalism for transport, shows that electrode symmetries are as important as those of the molecule when it comes to the emergence of a spin-polarization and, by extension, to the possible appearance of CISS. It turns out that standalone metallic nanocontacts can exhibit spin-polarization when relative rotations which reduce the symmetry are introduced. As a corollary, molecular junctions with achiral molecules can also exhibit spin-polarization along the direction of transport, provided that the whole junction is chiral in a specific way. This formalism also allows the prediction of qualitative changes of the spin-polarization upon substitution of a chiral molecule in the junction with its enantiomeric partner. Quantum transport calculations based on density functional theory corroborate all of our predictions and provide further quantitative insight within the single-particle framework.
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- W. Dednam
- Department
of Physics, Florida Science Campus, University
of South Africa, 1710 Johannesburg, South Africa
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- Departamento
de Física de la Materia Condensada, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, E-28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento
de Física Teórica de la Materia Condensada, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, E-28049 Madrid, Spain
- Condensed
Matter Physics Center (IFIMAC), Universidad
Autónoma de Madrid, E-28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Department
of Physics, Florida Science Campus, University
of South Africa, 1710 Johannesburg, South Africa
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- Departamento
de Física Aplicada and Unidad asociada CSIC, Universidad de Alicante, E-03690 Alicante, Spain
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- CAMD, Department
of Physics, Technical University of Denmark, 2800 Lyngby, Denmark
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- Departamento
de Física de la Materia Condensada, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, E-28049 Madrid, Spain
- Instituto
Nicolás Cabrera (INC) and Condensed Matter Physics Center (IFIMAC), Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, E-28049 Madrid, Spain
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Fransson J. Vibrationally Induced Magnetism in Supramolecular Aggregates. J Phys Chem Lett 2023; 14:2558-2564. [PMID: 36877808 PMCID: PMC10026173 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.3c00157] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2023] [Accepted: 03/01/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Magnetic phenomena in chemistry and condensed matter physics are considered to be associated with low temperatures. That a magnetic state or order is stable below a critical temperature as well as becoming stronger the lower the temperature is a nearly unquestioned paradigm. It is, therefore, surprising that recent experimental observations made on supramolecular aggregates suggest that, for instance, the magnetic coercivity may increase with an increasing temperature and the chiral-induced spin selectivity effect may be enhanced. Here, a mechanism for vibrationally stabilized magnetism is proposed, and a theoretical model is introduced with which the qualitative aspects of the recent experimental findings can be explained. It is argued that anharmonic vibrations, which become increasingly occupied with an increasing temperature, enable nuclear vibrations to both stabilize and sustain magnetic states. The theoretical proposal, hence, pertains to structures without inversion and/or reflection symmetries, for instance, chiral molecules and crystals.
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Vittmann C, Lim J, Tamascelli D, Huelga SF, Plenio MB. Spin-Dependent Momentum Conservation of Electron-Phonon Scattering in Chirality-Induced Spin Selectivity. J Phys Chem Lett 2023; 14:340-346. [PMID: 36625481 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.2c03224] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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The elucidation of the mechanisms underpinning chirality-induced spin selectivity remains an outstanding scientific challenge. Here we consider the role of delocalized phonon modes in electron transport in chiral structures and demonstrate that spin selectivity can originate from spin-dependent energy and momentum conservation in electron-phonon scattering events. While this mechanism is robust to the specific nature of the vibrational modes, the degree of spin polarization depends on environmental factors, such as the specific temperature and phonon relaxation rates, as well as the presence of external driving fields. This parametric dependence is used to present experimentally testable predictions of our model.
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- Clemens Vittmann
- Institut für Theoretische Physik und IQST, Universität Ulm, Albert-Einstein-Allee 11, D-89081Ulm, Germany
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- Institut für Theoretische Physik und IQST, Universität Ulm, Albert-Einstein-Allee 11, D-89081Ulm, Germany
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- Institut für Theoretische Physik und IQST, Universität Ulm, Albert-Einstein-Allee 11, D-89081Ulm, Germany
- Dipartimento di Fisica "Aldo Pontremoli", Università degli Studi di Milano, Via Celoria 16, 20133Milano, Italy
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- Institut für Theoretische Physik und IQST, Universität Ulm, Albert-Einstein-Allee 11, D-89081Ulm, Germany
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- Institut für Theoretische Physik und IQST, Universität Ulm, Albert-Einstein-Allee 11, D-89081Ulm, Germany
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Fransson J. The Chiral Induced Spin Selectivity Effect What It Is, What It Is Not, And Why It Matters. Isr J Chem 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/ijch.202200046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- J. Fransson
- Department of Physics and Astronomy Uppsala University Box 516, 751 21 Uppsala Sweden
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Naskar S, Saghatchi A, Mujica V, Herrmann C. Common Trends of Chiral Induced Spin Selectivity and Optical Dichroism with Varying Helix Pitch: A First‐Principles Study. Isr J Chem 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/ijch.202200053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Sumit Naskar
- Department of Chemistry University of Hamburg, Harbor Bldg. 610 Luruper Chaussee 149 22761 Hamburg Germany
- The Hamburg Centre for Ultrafast Imaging Luruper Chaussee 149 Hamburg 22761 Germany
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- Department of Chemistry University of Hamburg, Harbor Bldg. 610 Luruper Chaussee 149 22761 Hamburg Germany
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- School for Molecular Science Arizona State University Arizona, U.S.A
- Kimika Fakultatea Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea UPV/EHU Manuel de Lardizabal Pasealekua 3 20018 Donostia, Euskadi Spain
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- Department of Chemistry University of Hamburg, Harbor Bldg. 610 Luruper Chaussee 149 22761 Hamburg Germany
- The Hamburg Centre for Ultrafast Imaging Luruper Chaussee 149 Hamburg 22761 Germany
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Janitz E, Herb K, Völker LA, Huxter WS, Degen CL, Abendroth JM. Diamond surface engineering for molecular sensing with nitrogen-vacancy centers. JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY. C 2022; 10:13533-13569. [PMID: 36324301 PMCID: PMC9521415 DOI: 10.1039/d2tc01258h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2022] [Accepted: 08/06/2022] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Quantum sensing using optically addressable atomic-scale defects, such as the nitrogen-vacancy (NV) center in diamond, provides new opportunities for sensitive and highly localized characterization of chemical functionality. Notably, near-surface defects facilitate detection of the minute magnetic fields generated by nuclear or electron spins outside of the diamond crystal, such as those in chemisorbed and physisorbed molecules. However, the promise of NV centers is hindered by a severe degradation of critical sensor properties, namely charge stability and spin coherence, near surfaces (< ca. 10 nm deep). Moreover, applications in the chemical sciences require methods for covalent bonding of target molecules to diamond with robust control over density, orientation, and binding configuration. This forward-looking Review provides a survey of the rapidly converging fields of diamond surface science and NV-center physics, highlighting their combined potential for quantum sensing of molecules. We outline the diamond surface properties that are advantageous for NV-sensing applications, and discuss strategies to mitigate deleterious effects while simultaneously providing avenues for chemical attachment. Finally, we present an outlook on emerging applications in which the unprecedented sensitivity and spatial resolution of NV-based sensing could provide unique insight into chemically functionalized surfaces at the single-molecule level.
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- Erika Janitz
- Department of Physics, ETH Zürich Otto-Stern-Weg 1 8093 Zürich Switzerland
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- Department of Physics, ETH Zürich Otto-Stern-Weg 1 8093 Zürich Switzerland
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- Department of Physics, ETH Zürich Otto-Stern-Weg 1 8093 Zürich Switzerland
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- Department of Physics, ETH Zürich Otto-Stern-Weg 1 8093 Zürich Switzerland
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- Department of Physics, ETH Zürich Otto-Stern-Weg 1 8093 Zürich Switzerland
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- Department of Physics, ETH Zürich Otto-Stern-Weg 1 8093 Zürich Switzerland
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Shang Z, Liu T, Yang Q, Cui S, Xu K, Zhang Y, Deng J, Zhai T, Wang X. Chiral-Molecule-Based Spintronic Devices. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2022; 18:e2203015. [PMID: 35836101 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202203015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2022] [Revised: 06/19/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Spintronics and molecular chemistry have achieved remarkable achievements separately. Their combination can apply the superiority of molecular diversity to intervene or manipulate the spin-related properties. It inevitably brings in a new type of functional devices with a molecular interface, which has become an emerging field in information storage and processing. Normally, spin polarization has to be realized by magnetic materials as manipulated by magnetic fields. Recently, chiral-induced spin selectivity (CISS) was discovered surprisingly that non-magnetic chiral molecules can generate spin polarization through their structural chirality. Here, the recent progress of integrating the strengths of molecular chemistry and spintronics is reviewed by introducing the experimental results, theoretical models, and device performances of the CISS effect. Compared to normal ferromagnetic metals, CISS originating from a chiral structure has great advantages of high spin polarization, excellent interface, simple preparation process, and low cost. It has the potential to obtain high efficiency of spin injection into metals and semiconductors, getting rid of magnetic fields and ferromagnetic electrodes. The physical mechanisms, unique advantages, and device performances of CISS are sequentially clarified, revealing important issues to current scientific research and industrial applications. This mini-review points out a key technology of information storage for future spintronic devices without magnetic components.
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- Zixuan Shang
- Department of Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering, Faculty of Science, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing, 100124, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA
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- Department of Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering, Faculty of Science, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing, 100124, P. R. China
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- Department of Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering, Faculty of Science, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing, 100124, P. R. China
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- Department of Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering, Faculty of Science, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing, 100124, P. R. China
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- Department of Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering, Faculty of Science, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing, 100124, P. R. China
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- Department of Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering, Faculty of Science, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing, 100124, P. R. China
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- Department of Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering, Faculty of Science, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing, 100124, P. R. China
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- Department of Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering, Faculty of Science, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing, 100124, P. R. China
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Controlled reduction of oxygen is important for developing clean energy technologies, such as fuel cells, and is vital to the existence of aerobic organisms. The process starts with oxygen in a triplet ground state and ends with products that are all in singlet states. Hence, spin constraints in the oxygen reduction must be considered. Here, we show that the electron transfer efficiency from chiral electrodes to oxygen (oxygen reduction reaction) is enhanced over that from achiral electrodes. We demonstrate lower overpotentials and higher current densities for chiral catalysts versus achiral ones. This finding holds even for electrodes composed of heavy metals with large spin-orbit coupling. The effect results from the spin selectivity conferred on the electron current by the chiral assemblies, the chiral-induced spin selectivity effect.
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Geyer M, Gutierrez R, Mujica V, Silva JFR, Dianat A, Cuniberti G. The contribution of intermolecular spin interactions to the London dispersion forces between chiral molecules. J Chem Phys 2022; 156:234106. [PMID: 35732515 DOI: 10.1063/5.0090266] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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Dispersion interactions are one of the components of van der Waals (vdW) forces that play a key role in the understanding of intermolecular interactions in many physical, chemical, and biological processes. The theory of dispersion forces was developed by London in the early years of quantum mechanics. However, it was only in the 1960s that it was recognized that for molecules lacking an inversion center, such as chiral and helical molecules, there are chirality-sensitive corrections to the dispersion forces proportional to the rotatory power known from the theory of circular dichroism and with the same distance scaling law R-6 as the London energy. The discovery of the chirality-induced spin selectivity effect in recent years has led to an additional twist in the study of chiral molecular systems, showing a close relation between spin and molecular geometry. Motivated by it, we propose in this investigation to describe the mutual induction of charge and spin-density fluctuations in a pair A-B of chiral molecules by a simple physical model. The model assumes that the same fluctuating electric fields responsible for vdW forces can induce a magnetic response via a Rashba-like term so that a spin-orbit field acting on molecule B is generated by the electric field arising from charge density fluctuations in molecule A (and vice versa). Within a second-order perturbative approach, these contributions manifest as an effective intermolecular exchange interaction. Although expected to be weaker than the standard London forces, these interactions display the same R-6 distance scaling.
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- M Geyer
- Institute for Materials Science and Max Bergmann Center of Biomaterials, Dresden University of Technology, 01062 Dresden, Germany
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- Institute for Materials Science and Max Bergmann Center of Biomaterials, Dresden University of Technology, 01062 Dresden, Germany
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- Arizona State University, School of Molecular Sciences, P.O. Box 871604, Tempe, Arizona 85287-1604, USA
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- Instituto de Física Luis Rivera Terrazas, Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Apdo. Postal J48, Col. San Manuel, Puebla Pue. C. P. 72570, Mexico
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- Institute for Materials Science and Max Bergmann Center of Biomaterials, Dresden University of Technology, 01062 Dresden, Germany
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- Institute for Materials Science and Max Bergmann Center of Biomaterials, Dresden University of Technology, 01062 Dresden, Germany
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The chiral-induced spin selectivity (CISS) effect is usually associated with electrons passing through chiral molecules. There are a number of experiments where external electrical fields rearrange electrons inside otherwise isolated molecules, allegedly also generating spin polarization of the molecule. There are theoretical suggestions of pairs of molecules generating spin polarizations in each other due to fluctuating electrical dipoles. This paper critically theoretically evaluates such spin-dependent charge reorganization (SDCR) effects. We find that such effects are not ruled out in principle, but they are very small and probably not detectable.
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- Per Hedegård
- Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
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Aiello CD, Abendroth JM, Abbas M, Afanasev A, Agarwal S, Banerjee AS, Beratan DN, Belling JN, Berche B, Botana A, Caram JR, Celardo GL, Cuniberti G, Garcia-Etxarri A, Dianat A, Diez-Perez I, Guo Y, Gutierrez R, Herrmann C, Hihath J, Kale S, Kurian P, Lai YC, Liu T, Lopez A, Medina E, Mujica V, Naaman R, Noormandipour M, Palma JL, Paltiel Y, Petuskey W, Ribeiro-Silva JC, Saenz JJ, Santos EJG, Solyanik-Gorgone M, Sorger VJ, Stemer DM, Ugalde JM, Valdes-Curiel A, Varela S, Waldeck DH, Wasielewski MR, Weiss PS, Zacharias H, Wang QH. A Chirality-Based Quantum Leap. ACS NANO 2022; 16:4989-5035. [PMID: 35318848 PMCID: PMC9278663 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.1c01347] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 29.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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There is increasing interest in the study of chiral degrees of freedom occurring in matter and in electromagnetic fields. Opportunities in quantum sciences will likely exploit two main areas that are the focus of this Review: (1) recent observations of the chiral-induced spin selectivity (CISS) effect in chiral molecules and engineered nanomaterials and (2) rapidly evolving nanophotonic strategies designed to amplify chiral light-matter interactions. On the one hand, the CISS effect underpins the observation that charge transport through nanoscopic chiral structures favors a particular electronic spin orientation, resulting in large room-temperature spin polarizations. Observations of the CISS effect suggest opportunities for spin control and for the design and fabrication of room-temperature quantum devices from the bottom up, with atomic-scale precision and molecular modularity. On the other hand, chiral-optical effects that depend on both spin- and orbital-angular momentum of photons could offer key advantages in all-optical and quantum information technologies. In particular, amplification of these chiral light-matter interactions using rationally designed plasmonic and dielectric nanomaterials provide approaches to manipulate light intensity, polarization, and phase in confined nanoscale geometries. Any technology that relies on optimal charge transport, or optical control and readout, including quantum devices for logic, sensing, and storage, may benefit from chiral quantum properties. These properties can be theoretically and experimentally investigated from a quantum information perspective, which has not yet been fully developed. There are uncharted implications for the quantum sciences once chiral couplings can be engineered to control the storage, transduction, and manipulation of quantum information. This forward-looking Review provides a survey of the experimental and theoretical fundamentals of chiral-influenced quantum effects and presents a vision for their possible future roles in enabling room-temperature quantum technologies.
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- Clarice D. Aiello
- California
NanoSystems Institute, University of California,
Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90095, United States
- Department
of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90095, United States
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- Laboratory
for Solid State Physics, ETH Zürich, Zürich 8093, Switzerland
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- Department
of Microbiology, Howard University, Washington, D.C. 20059, United States
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- Department
of Physics, George Washington University, Washington, D.C. 20052, United States
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- Department
of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90095, United States
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- California
NanoSystems Institute, University of California,
Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90095, United States
- Department
of Materials Science and Engineering, University
of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90095, United States
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- Departments
of Chemistry, Biochemistry, and Physics, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708, United States
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- California
NanoSystems Institute, University of California,
Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90095, United States
- Department
of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University
of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90095, United States
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- Laboratoire
de Physique et Chimie Théoriques, UMR Université de Lorraine-CNRS, 7019 54506 Vandœuvre les
Nancy, France
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- Department
of Physics, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 85287, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University
of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90095, United States
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- Institute
of Physics, Benemerita Universidad Autonoma
de Puebla, Apartado Postal J-48, 72570, Mexico
- Department
of Physics and Astronomy, University of
Florence, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
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- Institute
for Materials Science and Max Bergmann Center of Biomaterials, Dresden University of Technology, 01062 Dresden, Germany
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- Donostia
International Physics Center, Paseo Manuel de Lardizabal 4, 20018 Donostia, San Sebastian, Spain
- IKERBASQUE,
Basque Foundation for Science, Maria Diaz de Haro 3, 48013 Bilbao, Spain
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- Institute
for Materials Science and Max Bergmann Center of Biomaterials, Dresden University of Technology, 01062 Dresden, Germany
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- Department
of Chemistry, Faculty of Natural and Mathematical Sciences, King’s College London, 7 Trinity Street, London SE1 1DB, United Kingdom
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- School
for Engineering of Matter, Transport and Energy, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 85287, United States
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- Institute
for Materials Science and Max Bergmann Center of Biomaterials, Dresden University of Technology, 01062 Dresden, Germany
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Hamburg, 20146 Hamburg, Germany
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- Department
of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California, Davis, Davis, California 95616, United States
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- School
of Molecular Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 85287, United States
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- Quantum
Biology Laboratory, Graduate School, Howard
University, Washington, D.C. 20059, United States
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- School
of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 85287, United States
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- California
NanoSystems Institute, University of California,
Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90095, United States
- Department
of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University
of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90095, United States
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- Escuela
Superior Politécnica del Litoral, ESPOL, Campus Gustavo Galindo Km. 30.5 Vía Perimetral, PO Box 09-01-5863, Guayaquil 090902, Ecuador
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- Departamento
de Física, Colegio de Ciencias e Ingeniería, Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Av. Diego de Robles
y Vía Interoceánica, Quito 170901, Ecuador
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- School
of Molecular Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 85287, United States
- Kimika
Fakultatea, Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea, 20080 Donostia, Euskadi, Spain
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- Department
of Chemical and Biological Physics, Weizmann
Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel
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- Department
of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90095, United States
- TCM Group,
Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, J.J. Thomson Avenue, Cambridge CB3 0HE, United Kingdom
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- Department
of Chemistry, Pennsylvania State University, Lemont Furnace, Pennsylvania 15456, United States
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- Applied
Physics Department and the Center for Nano-Science and Nano-Technology, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91904, Israel
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- School
of Molecular Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 85287, United States
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- Laboratory
of Genetics and Molecular Cardiology, Heart Institute, University of São Paulo Medical School, 05508-900 São
Paulo, Brazil
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- Donostia
International Physics Center, Paseo Manuel de Lardizabal 4, 20018 Donostia, San Sebastian, Spain
- IKERBASQUE,
Basque Foundation for Science, Maria Diaz de Haro 3, 48013 Bilbao, Spain
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- Institute
for Condensed Matter Physics and Complex Systems, School of Physics
and Astronomy, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3FD, United Kingdom
- Higgs Centre
for Theoretical Physics, The University
of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH9 3FD, United Kingdom
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- Department
of Electrical and Computer Engineering, George Washington University, Washington, D.C. 20052, United States
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- Department
of Electrical and Computer Engineering, George Washington University, Washington, D.C. 20052, United States
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- California
NanoSystems Institute, University of California,
Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90095, United States
- Department
of Materials Science and Engineering, University
of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90095, United States
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- Kimika
Fakultatea, Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea, 20080 Donostia, Euskadi, Spain
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- California
NanoSystems Institute, University of California,
Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90095, United States
- Department
of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90095, United States
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- School
of Chemical Sciences and Engineering, Yachay
Tech University, 100119 Urcuquí, Ecuador
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, Center for Molecular Quantum Transduction, and Institute
for Sustainability and Energy at Northwestern, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208-3113, United States
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- California
NanoSystems Institute, University of California,
Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90095, United States
- Department
of Materials Science and Engineering, University
of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90095, United States
- Department
of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University
of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90095, United States
- Department
of Bioengineering, University of California,
Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, 90095, United States
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- Center
for Soft Nanoscience, University of Münster, 48149 Münster, Germany
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- School
for Engineering of Matter, Transport and Energy, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 85287, United States
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Kondou K, Shiga M, Sakamoto S, Inuzuka H, Nihonyanagi A, Araoka F, Kobayashi M, Miwa S, Miyajima D, Otani Y. Chirality-Induced Magnetoresistance Due to Thermally Driven Spin Polarization. J Am Chem Soc 2022; 144:7302-7307. [PMID: 35414173 PMCID: PMC9052755 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.2c00496] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Chirality-induced
current-perpendicular-to-plane magnetoresistance
(CPP-MR) originates from current-induced spin polarization in molecules.
The current-induced spin polarization is widely recognized as a fundamental
principle of chiral-induced spin selectivity (CISS). In this study,
we investigate chirality-induced current-in-plane magnetoresistance
(CIP-MR) in a chiral molecule/ferromagnetic metal bilayer at room
temperature. In contrast to CPP-MR, CIP-MR observed in the present
study requires no bias charge current through the molecule. The temperature
dependence of CIP-MR suggests that thermally driven spontaneous spin
polarization in chiral molecules is the key to the observed MR. The
novel MR is consistent with recent CISS-related studies, that is,
chiral molecules in contact with a metallic surface possess a finite
spin polarization.
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- Kouta Kondou
- Center for Emergent Matter Science (CEMS), RIKEN, Hirosawa, Wako Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- The Institute for Solid State Physics, The University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8581, Japan
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- The Institute for Solid State Physics, The University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8581, Japan
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- Center for Emergent Matter Science (CEMS), RIKEN, Hirosawa, Wako Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Center for Emergent Matter Science (CEMS), RIKEN, Hirosawa, Wako Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Center for Emergent Matter Science (CEMS), RIKEN, Hirosawa, Wako Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Systems, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan.,Center for Spintronics Research Network (CSRN), The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan
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- The Institute for Solid State Physics, The University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8581, Japan.,Center for Spintronics Research Network (CSRN), The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan.,Trans-scale Quantum Science Institute, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- Center for Emergent Matter Science (CEMS), RIKEN, Hirosawa, Wako Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Center for Emergent Matter Science (CEMS), RIKEN, Hirosawa, Wako Saitama 351-0198, Japan.,The Institute for Solid State Physics, The University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8581, Japan.,Center for Spintronics Research Network (CSRN), The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan.,Trans-scale Quantum Science Institute, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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Evers F, Aharony A, Bar-Gill N, Entin-Wohlman O, Hedegård P, Hod O, Jelinek P, Kamieniarz G, Lemeshko M, Michaeli K, Mujica V, Naaman R, Paltiel Y, Refaely-Abramson S, Tal O, Thijssen J, Thoss M, van Ruitenbeek JM, Venkataraman L, Waldeck DH, Yan B, Kronik L. Theory of Chirality Induced Spin Selectivity: Progress and Challenges. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2022; 34:e2106629. [PMID: 35064943 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202106629] [Citation(s) in RCA: 90] [Impact Index Per Article: 45.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2021] [Revised: 01/15/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
Abstract
A critical overview of the theory of the chirality-induced spin selectivity (CISS) effect, that is, phenomena in which the chirality of molecular species imparts significant spin selectivity to various electron processes, is provided. Based on discussions in a recently held workshop, and further work published since, the status of CISS effects-in electron transmission, electron transport, and chemical reactions-is reviewed. For each, a detailed discussion of the state-of-the-art in theoretical understanding is provided and remaining challenges and research opportunities are identified.
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- Ferdinand Evers
- Institute of Theoretical Physics, University of Regensburg, 93040, Regensburg, Germany
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, 6997801, Israel
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- Department of Applied Physics, Racah Institute of Physics, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, 9190401, Israel
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- Raymond and Beverly Sackler School of Physics and Astronomy, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, 6997801, Israel
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- Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, DK-2100, Denmark
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- Department of Physical Chemistry, School of Chemistry, The Raymond and Beverly Sackler Faculty of Exact Sciences and The Sackler Center for Computational Molecular and Materials Science, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, 6997801, Israel
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- Nanosurf Lab, Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague 6, CZ 162 00, Czech Republic
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- IST Austria (Institute of Science and Technology Austria), Am Campus 1, Klosterneuburg, 3400, Austria
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- Department of Condensed Matter Physics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovoth, 7610001, Israel
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- School of Molecular Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, 85287-1604, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Physics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovoth, 76100, Israel
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- Department of Applied Physics, Racah Institute of Physics, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, 9190401, Israel
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- Department of Molecular Chemistry and Materials Science, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovoth, 76100, Israel
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Physics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovoth, 76100, Israel
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- Kavli Institute of Nanoscience Delft, Delft University of Technology, Lorentzweg 1, Delft, 2628 CJ, The Netherlands
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- Institute of Physics, University of Freiburg, Hermann-Herder-Str. 3, 79104, Freiburg, Germany
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- Huygens-Kamerlingh Onnes Laboratory, Leiden University, Niels Bohrweg 2, Leiden, 2333 CA, Netherlands
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- Department of Applied Physics and Department of Chemistry, Columbia University, New York, New York, NY, 10027, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, 15260, USA
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- Department of Condensed Matter Physics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovoth, 7610001, Israel
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- Department of Molecular Chemistry and Materials Science, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovoth, 76100, Israel
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Al-Bustami H, Belsey S, Metzger T, Voignac D, Yochelis S, Shoseyov O, Paltiel Y. Spin-Induced Organization of Cellulose Nanocrystals. Biomacromolecules 2022; 23:2098-2105. [PMID: 35289591 DOI: 10.1021/acs.biomac.2c00099] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
Abstract
Cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs) are composed of chiral cellulose units, which form chiral nematic liquid crystals in water that, upon drying, self-assemble to more complex spiral chiral sheets. This secondary structure arrangement is found to change with an external magnetic or electric field. Here, we show that one of the basic organization driving forces is electron spin, which is produced as the charge redistributes in the organization process of the chiral building blocks. It is important to stress that the electron spin-exchange interactions supply the original driving force and not the magnetic field per se. The results present the first utilization of the chiral-induced spin selectivity (CISS) effect in sugars, enabling one to regulate the CNC bottom-up fabrication process. Control is demonstrated on the organization order of the CNC by utilizing different magnetization directions of the ferromagnetic surface. The produced spin is probed using a simple Hall device. The measured Hall resistance shows that the CNC sheets' arrangement is affected during the first four hours as long as the CNC is in its wet phase. On introducing the 1,2,3,4-butanetetracarboxylic acid cross-linker into the CNC sheet, the packing density of the CNC helical structure is enhanced, presenting an increase in the Hall resistance and the chiral state.
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- Hammam Al-Bustami
- Applied Physics Department and the center of Nano-Science and Nano-Technology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91904 Israel
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- The Robert H. Smith Institute of Plant Sciences and Genetics in Agriculture, Food and Environment, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot 76100, Israel
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- Applied Physics Department and the center of Nano-Science and Nano-Technology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91904 Israel
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- The Robert H. Smith Institute of Plant Sciences and Genetics in Agriculture, Food and Environment, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot 76100, Israel
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- Applied Physics Department and the center of Nano-Science and Nano-Technology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91904 Israel
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- The Robert H. Smith Institute of Plant Sciences and Genetics in Agriculture, Food and Environment, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot 76100, Israel
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- Applied Physics Department and the center of Nano-Science and Nano-Technology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91904 Israel
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Fransson J. Charge and Spin Dynamics and Enantioselectivity in Chiral Molecules. J Phys Chem Lett 2022; 13:808-814. [PMID: 35068158 PMCID: PMC8802319 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.1c03925] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2021] [Accepted: 01/12/2022] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
Abstract
Charge and spin dynamics are addressed in chiral molecules immediately after their instantaneous coupling to an external metallic reservoir. This work describes how a spin polarization is induced in the chiral structure as a response to the charge dynamics. The dynamics indicate that chiral induced spin selectivity is an excited state phenomenon that in the transient regime can be partly captured using a simplistic single-particle description but in the stationary limit definitively shows that electron correlations, e.g., electron-vibration interactions, crucially contribute to sustain an intrinsic spin anisotropy that can lead to a nonvanishing spin selectivity. The dynamics, moreover, provide insight into enantiomer separation, due to different acquired spin polarizations.
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- J. Fransson
- Department of Physics and
Astronomy, Uppsala University, Box 516, 751 21 Uppsala, Sweden
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Dubi Y. Spinterface chirality-induced spin selectivity effect in bio-molecules. Chem Sci 2022; 13:10878-10883. [PMID: 36320704 PMCID: PMC9491198 DOI: 10.1039/d2sc02565e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2022] [Accepted: 08/15/2022] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
Abstract
The chirality-induced spin selectivity (CISS) effect, namely the dependence of current through a chiral molecule on spin of the electron, was discovered over two decades ago, and has been suggested for various spin- and chirality-related applications. Yet, quite surprisingly, its physical origin remains elusive, and no theoretical description can quantitatively describe it. Here, we propose a theory for the CISS effect in bio-molecular junctions, based on the interplay between spin–orbit coupling in the electrodes, molecular chirality and spin-transfer torque across the electrode-molecule interface. This theory leads to the first ever quantitative analysis of experimental data, and provides insights into the origin of the CISS effect. The theory presented here can be used to analyze past experiments and to design new experiments, which may lead to deeper understanding of what is considered one of the outstanding problems in molecular electronics and nano-scale transport. A “spinterface” model for the chirality-induced spin selectivity effect, adjusted for bio-molecules, can be used to obtain remarkable fits to experimental data.![]()
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- Yonatan Dubi
- Department of Chemistry, Ben Gurion University of the Negev Be'er Sheva Israel 8410501
- Ilse Katz Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology, Ben Gurion University of the Negev Be'er Sheva Israel 8410501
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Wang CZ, Mujica V, Lai YC. Spin Fano Resonances in Chiral Molecules: An Alternative Mechanism for the CISS Effect and Experimental Implications. NANO LETTERS 2021; 21:10423-10430. [PMID: 34846905 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.1c03770] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Experiments on spin transport through a chiral molecule demonstrated the attainment of significant spin polarization, demanding a theoretical explanation. We report the emergence of spin Fano resonances as a mechanism in the chiral-induced spin-selectivity (CISS) effect associated with transport through a chiral polyacetylene molecule. Initializing electrons through optical excitation, we derive the Fano resonance formula for the spin polarization. Computations reveal that quasidegeneracy is common in this complex molecular system. A remarkable phenomenon is the generation of pronounced spin Fano resonances due to the contributions of two near-degeneracy states. We also find that the Fano resonance width increases linearly with the coupling strength between the molecule and the lead. Our findings provide another mechanism to explain the experimental observations and lead to new insights into the role of the CISS effect in complex molecules from the perspective of transport and spin polarization resonance, paving the way for chiral molecule-based spintronics applications.
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- Cheng-Zhen Wang
- School of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona85287, United States
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- School of Molecular Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 85 287, United States
- Kimika FakultateaEuskal Herriko Unibertsitatea20080DonostiaEuskadiSpain
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- School of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona85287, United States
- Department of Physics, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 85 287, United States
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Feng T, Wang Z, Zhang Z, Xue J, Lu H. Spin selectivity in chiral metal-halide semiconductors. NANOSCALE 2021; 13:18925-18940. [PMID: 34783816 DOI: 10.1039/d1nr06407j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
Abstract
Controlling the spin states of freedom represents a significant challenge for the next-generation optoelectronic and spintronic devices. Chiral metal-halide semiconductors (MHS) have recently emerged as an important class of materials for spin-dependent photonic and electronic applications. In this Minireview, we first discussed the chemical and structural diversity of chiral MHS, highlighting the chirality formation mechanism. We then provided our current understanding on the spin-sensitive photophysical and transport process with a focus on how chirality enables the spin selectivity in chiral MHS. We summarized recent progress on the experimental demonstration of spin control in various photonic and spintronic devices. Finally, we discussed ongoing challenges and opportunities associated with chiral MHS.
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- Tanglue Feng
- Department of Chemistry, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China (SAR).
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- Department of Chemistry, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China (SAR).
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- Department of Chemistry, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China (SAR).
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- Department of Chemistry, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China (SAR).
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- Department of Chemistry, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China (SAR).
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Alwan S, Dubi Y. Spinterface Origin for the Chirality-Induced Spin-Selectivity Effect. J Am Chem Soc 2021; 143:14235-14241. [PMID: 34460242 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.1c05637] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
Abstract
When electrons are injected through a chiral molecule, the resulting current may become spin polarized. This effect, known as the chirality-induced spin-selectivity (CISS) effect, has been suggested to emerge due to the interplay between spin-orbit interactions and the chirality within the molecule. However, such explanations require unrealistically large values for the molecular spin-orbit interaction. Here, we present a theory for the CISS effect based on the interplay between spin-orbit interactions in the electrode, the chirality of the molecule (which induces a solenoid field), and spin-transfer torque at the molecule-electrode interface. Using a mean-field calculation with simple models for the molecular junction, we show that our phenomenological theory can qualitatively account for all key experimental observations, most importantly the magnitude of the CISS with realistic parameters. We also provide a set of predictions which can be readily tested experimentally.
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- Seif Alwan
- Department of Chemistry, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Be'er Sheva 8410501, Israel
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- Department of Chemistry, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Be'er Sheva 8410501, Israel.,Ilse Katz Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Be'er Sheva 8410501, Israel
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Garcia AM, Martínez G, Ruiz-Carretero A. The Importance of Spin State in Chiral Supramolecular Electronics. Front Chem 2021; 9:722727. [PMID: 34422770 PMCID: PMC8371180 DOI: 10.3389/fchem.2021.722727] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2021] [Accepted: 07/21/2021] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
Abstract
The field of spintronics explores how magnetic fields can influence the properties of organic and inorganic materials by controlling their electron’s spins. In this sense, organic materials are very attractive since they have small spin-orbit coupling, allowing long-range spin-coherence over times and distances longer than in conventional metals or semiconductors. Usually, the small spin-orbit coupling means that organic materials cannot be used for spin injection, requiring ferromagnetic electrodes. However, chiral molecules have been demonstrated to behave as spin filters upon light illumination in the phenomenon described as chirality-induced spin selectivity (CISS) effect. This means that electrons of certain spin can go through chiral assemblies of molecules preferentially in one direction depending on their handedness. This is possible because the lack of inversion symmetry in chiral molecules couples with the electron’s spin and its linear momentum so the molecules transmit the one preferred spin. In this respect, chiral semiconductors have great potential in the field of organic electronics since when charge carriers are created, a preferred spin could be transmitted through a determined handedness structure. The exploration of the CISS effect in chiral supramolecular semiconductors could add greatly to the efforts made by the organic electronics community since charge recombination could be diminished and charge transport improved when the spins are preferentially guided in one specific direction. This review outlines the advances in supramolecular chiral semiconductors regarding their spin state and its influence on the final electronic properties.
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- Ana M Garcia
- Institute Charles Sadron, University of Strasbourg, CNRS, Strasbourg, France
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- Institute Charles Sadron, University of Strasbourg, CNRS, Strasbourg, France
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Lu Y, Bloom BP, Qian S, Waldeck DH. Enantiospecificity of Cysteine Adsorption on a Ferromagnetic Surface: Is It Kinetically or Thermodynamically Controlled? J Phys Chem Lett 2021; 12:7854-7858. [PMID: 34380316 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.1c02087] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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This work uses electrochemical quartz crystal microbalance methods to demonstrate the enantiospecific interaction between a magnetized surface and a chiral amino acid. The enantiospecific adsorption of chiral molecules (cysteine is used as a model) on a ferromagnetic surface is shown to arise from the kinetics of adsorption and not from a thermodynamic stabilization. Measurements of the Gibbs free energy of adsorption for different chiral forms of cysteine and different electrode magnetization states show no significant differences, whereas measurements of the adsorption and desorption kinetics reveal a strong dependence on the magnetization state of the electrode surface. In addition, the enantioselectivity is shown to depend sensitively on the solution pH and the charge state of the chiral adsorbate.
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- Y Lu
- Department of Chemistry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260, United States
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Rahman MW, Firouzeh S, Pramanik S. Carrier localization and magnetoresistance in DNA-functionalized carbon nanotubes. NANOTECHNOLOGY 2021; 32:455001. [PMID: 34325416 DOI: 10.1088/1361-6528/ac18d9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2021] [Accepted: 07/26/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Helical functionalization of carbon nanotubes using DNA strands can polarize carrier spins through chirality induced spin selectivity (or CISS) effect. Detection of this effect using transport experiments unravels an underlying magnetoresistance effect, origin of which is not well understood. In the present study, we investigate this effect, a fundamental understanding of which is crucial for the potential use of this system in spintronic devices. The conduction mechanism has been found to be in the strongly localized regime due to DNA functionalization, with the observed magnetoresistance originating from the interference effects between the forward and backward hopping paths. CISS-induced spin polarization has been estimated to increase the carrier localization length by an order of magnitude in the low temperature range and it affects the magnetoresistance effect in a non-trivial way that is not observed in conventional systems.
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- Md Wazedur Rahman
- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 1H9, Canada
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 1H9, Canada
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 1H9, Canada
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Fay TP, Limmer DT. Origin of Chirality Induced Spin Selectivity in Photoinduced Electron Transfer. NANO LETTERS 2021; 21:6696-6702. [PMID: 34291928 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.1c02370] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Here we propose a mechanism by which spin-polarization can be generated dynamically in chiral molecular systems undergoing photoinduced electron transfer. The proposed mechanism explains how spin-polarization emerges in systems where charge transport is dominated by incoherent hopping, mediated by spin-orbit and electronic exchange couplings through an intermediate charge transfer state. We derive a simple expression for the spin-polarization that predicts a nonmonotonic temperature dependence, consistent with recent experiments, and a maximum spin-polarization that is independent of the magnitude of the spin-orbit coupling. We validate this theory using approximate quantum master equations and the numerically exact hierarchical equations of motion. The proposed mechanism of chirality induced spin selectivity should apply to many chiral systems, and the ideas presented here have implications for the study of spin transport at temperatures relevant to biology and provide simple principles for the molecular control of spins in fluctuating environments.
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- Thomas P Fay
- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
- Kavli Energy Nanoscience Institute at Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
- Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
- Materials Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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Radiation-Induced Effect on Spin-Selective Electron Transfer through Self-Assembled Monolayers of ds-DNA. MAGNETOCHEMISTRY 2021. [DOI: 10.3390/magnetochemistry7070098] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Stability of the DNA molecule is essential for the proper functioning and sustainability of all living organisms. In this study, we investigate the effect of gamma radiation (γ-radiation) on spin-selective electron transfer through double strand (ds)DNA molecules. Self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) of 21-base long DNA are prepared on Au-coated Ni thin film. We measure the spin polarization (%) of the SAMs of ds-DNA using the spin-dependent electrochemical technique. We use a Cs-based γ-radiation source to expose the SAMs of ds-DNA immobilized on thin films for various time intervals ranging from 0–30 min. The susceptibility of DNA to γ-radiation is measured by spin-dependent electrochemistry. We observe that the efficiency of spin filtering by ds-DNA gradually decreases when exposure (to γ-radiation) time increases, and drops below 1% after 30 min of exposure. The change in spin polarization value is related either to the conformational perturbation in DNA or to structural damage in DNA molecules caused by ionizing radiation.
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Metzger TS, Siam R, Kolodny Y, Goren N, Sukenik N, Yochelis S, Abu-Reziq R, Avnir D, Paltiel Y. Dynamic Spin-Controlled Enantioselective Catalytic Chiral Reactions. J Phys Chem Lett 2021; 12:5469-5472. [PMID: 34085834 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.1c01518] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Enantioselective catalytic chiral reactions are important to all aspects of life sciences. Here we present the first utilization of the chiral induced spin selectivity (CISS) effect to form, enantioselectively, sp3 chiral centers in catalytic reactions, starting from achiral reagents. The enantiomeric symmetry is broken by affecting spin-controlled different reaction dynamics toward each of the enantiomers, using magnetic substrates. Two catalytic reactions are used for this purpose: a sulfide to sulfoxide oxidation and a Diels-Alder cycloaddition reaction, both catalyzed by hematite (Fe2O3). The proof of concept was evaluated by circular dichroism measurements and by chiral high-performance liquid chromatography techniques. These results provide direct evidence that the directionality of the electron spin can break enantiomeric symmetry, enabling asymmetric catalysis without using chiral reagents, solvents, or catalysts.
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