Nearly Perfect Spin Filter, Spin Valve and Negative Differential Resistance Effects in a Fe-4-based Single-molecule Junction

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	Nearly Perfect Spin Filter, Spin Valve and Negative Differential Resistance Effects in a Fe-4-based Single-molecule Junction
	F. X. Zu; Z. L. Liu; K. L. Yao; G. Y. Gao; H. H. Fu; S. C. Zhu; Y. Ni; L. Peng
	2014
发表期刊	Scientific Reports
ISSN	2045-2322
卷号	4
摘要	The spin-polarized transport in a single-molecule magnet Fe-4 sandwiched between two gold electrodes is studied, using nonequilibrium Green's functions in combination with the density-functional theory. We predict that the device possesses spin filter effect (SFE), spin valve effect (SVE), and negative differential resistance (NDR) behavior. Moreover, we also find that the appropriate chemical ligand, coupling the single molecule to leads, is a key factor for manipulating spin-dependent transport. The device containing the methyl ligand behaves as a nearly perfect spin filter with efficiency approaching 100%, and the transport is dominated by transmission through the Fe-4 metal center. However, in the case of phenyl ligand, the spin filter effect seems to be reduced, but the spin valve effect is significantly enhanced with a large magnetoresistance ratio, reaching 1800%. This may be attributed to the blocking effect of the phenyl ligands in mediating transport. Our findings suggest that such a multifunctional molecular device, possessing SVE, NDR and high SFE simultaneously, would be an excellent candidate for spintronics of molecular devices.
部门归属	[zu, fengxia ; liu, zuli ; yao, kailun ; gao, guoying ; fu, huahua ; zhu, sicong ; ni, yun ; peng, li] huazhong univ sci & technol, sch phys, wuhan 430074, peoples r china. [zu, fengxia ; liu, zuli ; yao, kailun ; gao, guoying ; fu, huahua ; zhu, sicong ; ni, yun ; peng, li] huazhong univ sci & technol, wuhan natl high magnet field ctr, wuhan 430074, peoples r china. [zu, fengxia] wuhan inst technol, sch sci, wuhan 430073, peoples r china. [yao, kailun] chinese acad sci, int ctr mat phys, shenyang 110015, peoples r china. ; yao, kl (reprint author), huazhong univ sci & technol, sch phys, wuhan 430074, peoples r china. ; klyao@hust.edu.cn
关键词	Spintronics Anisotropy Magnets Gold
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语种	英语
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://ir.imr.ac.cn/handle/321006/72986
专题	中国科学院金属研究所
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	F. X. Zu,Z. L. Liu,K. L. Yao,et al. Nearly Perfect Spin Filter, Spin Valve and Negative Differential Resistance Effects in a Fe-4-based Single-molecule Junction[J]. Scientific Reports,2014,4.
APA	F. X. Zu.,Z. L. Liu.,K. L. Yao.,G. Y. Gao.,H. H. Fu.,...&L. Peng.(2014).Nearly Perfect Spin Filter, Spin Valve and Negative Differential Resistance Effects in a Fe-4-based Single-molecule Junction.Scientific Reports,4.
MLA	F. X. Zu,et al."Nearly Perfect Spin Filter, Spin Valve and Negative Differential Resistance Effects in a Fe-4-based Single-molecule Junction".Scientific Reports 4(2014).