High-efficiency spin filtering in salophen-based molecular junctions modulated with different transition metal atoms |
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Authors: | Jun Peng Wu-Xing ZhouKe-Qiu Chen |
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Institution: | Department of Applied Physics, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, China |
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Abstract: | Based on the density functional theory and nonequilibrium Green's function methods, we investigate the spin transport properties of the molecular junctions constructed by a homologous series of 3d transition metal(II) salophens (TM-salophens, TM = Co, Fe, Ni and Mn) sandwiched between two gold electrodes. It is found that among the four molecular junctions only Co-salophen junction can act as an efficient spin filter distinctively. The conductance through Co-salophen molecular junction is dominated by spin-down electrons. The mechanism is proposed for these phenomena. |
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Keywords: | Spin transport properties Magnetic molecular junctions |
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