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First-principle modelling of supramolecular spin valves: from the operational principle to the effective control

Applicant Professor Dr. Wolfgang Wenzel, since 5/2022
Subject Area Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics
Term from 2018 to 2024
Project identifier Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 404084478
 
Final Report Year 2023

Final Report Abstract

Molecular spintronics makes use of the spin degree of freedom to develop technologies that can control electrical currents in nanodevices. A good understanding of the fundamental physics behind the operation of spintronic devices as well as fast, efficient and reliable simulation tools are necessary to fully exploit the spin degree of freedom of such systems. In the current DFG Project, ab-initio simulations of a carbon nanotube (CNT) that was decorated with two terbium phthalocyanine single molecule magnets (SMMs) and whose properties depended on the relative magnet's spin were performed. The results show how the relative spin of two SMMs affects the conductance through a CNT. This approach can be extended to any periodic system and different types of SMMs, thus opening a field of ab-initio studies of nano-electronic spintronic devices in which the exact control of the charge and spin densities lead to the control of the current flowing through a field effect transistor.

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