Light-driven molecular switch for reconfigurable spin filters

The chirality provides new route for organic materials to be implemented in the spintronics applications. Here the authors show a solid-state spin-filtering device in an organic spin-valve structure enabled by light irradiation induced change in the chirality of molecule.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Masayuki Suda, Yuranan Thathong, Vinich Promarak, Hirotaka Kojima, Masakazu Nakamura, Takafumi Shiraogawa, Masahiro Ehara, Hiroshi M. Yamamoto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2019-06-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-10423-6