Strong Spin-filtering and Spin-valve Effects in a Molecular V-C(60)-V Contact

Overview

Journal Beilstein J Nanotechnol

Specialty Biotechnology

Date 2012 Sep 29

PMID 23019556

Citations 3

Authors

Mohammad Koleini

Mads Brandbyge

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Abstract

Motivated by the recent achievements in the manipulation of C(60) molecules in STM experiments, we study theoretically the structure and electronic properties of a C(60) molecule in an STM tunneljunction with a magnetic tip and magnetic adatom on a Cu(111) surface using first-principles calculations. For the case of a vanadium tip/adatom, we demonstrate how spin coupling between the magnetic V atoms, mediated by the C(60), can be observed in the electronic transport, which display a strong spin-filtering effect, allowing mainly majority-spin electrons to pass (>95%). Moreover, we find a significant change in the conductance between parallel and anti-parallel spin polarizations in the junction (86%) which suggests that STM experiments should be able to characterize the magnetism and spin coupling for these systems.

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