Document Type
Article
Publication Date
5-9-2006
Abstract
Using density functional theory and the Bardeen, Tersoff, and Hamann formalism we have calculated spin-polarized electron transport in a system involving a nonbonded magnetic probe tip and a self-assembled monolayer (SAM) of benzene-1,4-dithiol on a Ni(111) substrate. A significantly higher tunneling current is obtained for a configuration in which the spin of the probe tip is aligned parallel to that of the substrate than for a configuration with antiparallel alignment—an effect prerequisite for an organic spin switch.
Publication Title
Physical Review B
Recommended Citation
Liu, H.,
Pandey, R.,
Pati, R.,
&
Karna, S. P.
(2006).
Spin-polarized electron transport of a self-assembled organic monolayer on a Ni(111) substrate: An organic spin switch.
Physical Review B,
73.
http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.73.195311
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© 2006 American Physical Society. Article deposited here in compliance with publisher policy. Publisher's version of record: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.73.195311