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Theoretical Study of Spin Conduction in the Ni/DTE/Ni Nanohybrid

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The photoswitching molecule dithienylethene (DTE) is an interesting candidate for constructing optoelectronic molecular devices since it can be made to switch between a closed and an open conformation using light. We here report computations, based on density functional theory (DFT) and the non-equilibrium Green function (NEGF) method, of the spin-resolved conductance of the two DTE isomers attached to spin-polarized nickel leads. Results are compared and contrasted to those of other contact materials (nonmagnetic Ni, Ag, and Au), analyzing the physical origins of the various features in the transmission function. It was found rather surprisingly, that the two spin channels in the Ni/DTE/Ni device have almost identical I-V characteristics, despite one channel being d-dominated and the other one s-dominated. It was also observed that the Ni-based device exhibits a sustained high conductance ratio also for high bias - a property that may be of relevance in future device design. Furthermore, two computational schemes for calculating the conductance were compared and analyzed. It was found that even for very small bias the molecular orbital polarization was decisive for spin-related properties such as the spin current ratio and magneto-resistance in the Ni/DTE/Ni device.

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Kanchan Ulman, Mighfar Imam, Shobhana Narasimhan, Anders Odell, Anna Delin

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Dithienylethene: Density Functional Calculations, Non-Equilibrium Green Function Calculations, Spin Conduction, Spin Molecular Electronics

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