Metal-free organic radicals are fascinating materials owing to their unique properties. Having a stable magnetic moment coupled to light elements makes these materials central to develop a large variety of application...Metal-free organic radicals are fascinating materials owing to their unique properties. Having a stable magnetic moment coupled to light elements makes these materials central to develop a large variety of applications. We investigated the magnetic spinterface coupling between the surface of a single rutile TiO2（110） crystal and a pyrene-based nitronyl nitroxide radical, using a combination of thickness-dependent X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and ab initio calculations. The radicals were physisorbed, and their magnetic character was preserved on the （almost） ideal surface. The situation changed completely when the molecules interacted with a surface defect site upon adsorption. In this case, the reactivity of the defect site led to the quenching of the molecular magnetic moment. Our work elucidates the crucial role played by the surface defects and demonstrates that photoemission spectroscopy combined with density functional theory calculations can be used to shed light on the mechanisms governing complex interfaces, such as those between magnetic molecules and metal oxides.展开更多
Molecular spintronics is an emerging field which evoked wide research attention since the first molecule-based spintronic device has been reported at 2002. Due to the active study over the last few years, it is found ...Molecular spintronics is an emerging field which evoked wide research attention since the first molecule-based spintronic device has been reported at 2002. Due to the active study over the last few years, it is found that the interfaces in spintronic device, so called spinterface, is of critical importance for many key issues in molecular spintronics, such as enhancing spin injection, lengthening spin transport distance, as well as manipulating spin signals in molecular spintronic devices. Here in this review, recent studies regarding spinterface in molecular devices, especially those impressive efforts devoted on spin manipulation, have been systematically summarized and discussed.展开更多
Based on first-principles calculations,the bias-induced evolutions of hybrid interface states inπ-conjugated tricene and in insulating octane magnetic molecular junctions are investigated.Obvious bias-induced splitti...Based on first-principles calculations,the bias-induced evolutions of hybrid interface states inπ-conjugated tricene and in insulating octane magnetic molecular junctions are investigated.Obvious bias-induced splitting and energy shift of the spin-resolved hybrid interface states are observed in the two junctions.The recombination of the shifted hybrid interface states from different interfaces makes the spin polarization around the Fermi energy strongly bias-dependent.The transport calculations demonstrate that in theπ-conjugated tricene junction,the bias-dependent hybrid interface states work efficiently for large current,current spin polarization,and distinct tunneling magnetoresistance.But in the insulating octane junction,the spin-dependent transport via the hybrid interface states is inhibited,which is only slightly disturbed by the bias.This work reveals the phenomenon of bias-induced reconstruction of hybrid interface states in molecular spinterface devices,and the underlying role of conjugated molecular orbitals in the transport ability of hybrid interface states.展开更多
Molecular spintronics,as an emerging field that makes full use of the advantage of ultralong room-temperature spin lifetime and abundant electrical-optical-magnetic properties of molecular semiconductors,has gained wi...Molecular spintronics,as an emerging field that makes full use of the advantage of ultralong room-temperature spin lifetime and abundant electrical-optical-magnetic properties of molecular semiconductors,has gained wide attention for its great potential for further commercial applications.Despite the significant progress that has been made,there remain several huge challenges that limit the future development of this field.This Perspective provides discussions on the spin transport mechanisms and performances of molecular semiconductors,spinterface effect,and related spin injection in spintronic devices,and current spin-charge interactive functionalities,along with the summarization of the main obstacles of these aspects.Furthermore,we particularly propose targeted solutions,aiming to enhance the spin injection and transport efficiency by molecular design and interface engineering and explore diverse spinrelated functionalities.Through this Perspective,we hope it will help the spintronic community identify the research trends and accelerate the development of molecular spintronics.展开更多
Magnetoelectric coupling has been a trending research topic in both organic and inorganic materials and hybrids.The concept of controlling magnetism using an electric field is particularly appealing in energy efficien...Magnetoelectric coupling has been a trending research topic in both organic and inorganic materials and hybrids.The concept of controlling magnetism using an electric field is particularly appealing in energy efficient applications.In this spirit,ferroelectricity has been introduced to organic spin valves to manipulate the magneto transport,where the spin transport through the ferromagnet/organic spacer interfaces(spinterface)are under intensive study.The ferroelectric materials in the organic spin valves provide a knob to vary the interfacial energy alignment and the interfacial crystal structures,both are critical for the spin transport.In this review,we introduce the recent efforts of controlling magnetoresistance of organic spin valves using ferroelectricity,where the ferroelectric material is either inserted as an interfacial layer or used as a spacer material.The realization of the ferroelectric control of magneto transport in organic spin valve,advances our understanding in the spin transport through the ferromagnet/organic interface,and suggests more functionality of organic spintronic devices.展开更多
文摘Metal-free organic radicals are fascinating materials owing to their unique properties. Having a stable magnetic moment coupled to light elements makes these materials central to develop a large variety of applications. We investigated the magnetic spinterface coupling between the surface of a single rutile TiO2（110） crystal and a pyrene-based nitronyl nitroxide radical, using a combination of thickness-dependent X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and ab initio calculations. The radicals were physisorbed, and their magnetic character was preserved on the （almost） ideal surface. The situation changed completely when the molecules interacted with a surface defect site upon adsorption. In this case, the reactivity of the defect site led to the quenching of the molecular magnetic moment. Our work elucidates the crucial role played by the surface defects and demonstrates that photoemission spectroscopy combined with density functional theory calculations can be used to shed light on the mechanisms governing complex interfaces, such as those between magnetic molecules and metal oxides.
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.21673059)the Funds from Ministry of Science and Technology of China(Grant Nos.2017YFA0206600 and 2016YFA0200700)+1 种基金the Instrument Development Project of Chinese Academy of Sciences(Grant No.YJKYYQ20170037)the CAS Pioneer Hundred Talents Program
文摘Molecular spintronics is an emerging field which evoked wide research attention since the first molecule-based spintronic device has been reported at 2002. Due to the active study over the last few years, it is found that the interfaces in spintronic device, so called spinterface, is of critical importance for many key issues in molecular spintronics, such as enhancing spin injection, lengthening spin transport distance, as well as manipulating spin signals in molecular spintronic devices. Here in this review, recent studies regarding spinterface in molecular devices, especially those impressive efforts devoted on spin manipulation, have been systematically summarized and discussed.
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.11974215,21933002,and 11874242)the Shandong Provincial Natural Science Foundation,China(Grant No.ZR2019MA043)。
文摘Based on first-principles calculations,the bias-induced evolutions of hybrid interface states inπ-conjugated tricene and in insulating octane magnetic molecular junctions are investigated.Obvious bias-induced splitting and energy shift of the spin-resolved hybrid interface states are observed in the two junctions.The recombination of the shifted hybrid interface states from different interfaces makes the spin polarization around the Fermi energy strongly bias-dependent.The transport calculations demonstrate that in theπ-conjugated tricene junction,the bias-dependent hybrid interface states work efficiently for large current,current spin polarization,and distinct tunneling magnetoresistance.But in the insulating octane junction,the spin-dependent transport via the hybrid interface states is inhibited,which is only slightly disturbed by the bias.This work reveals the phenomenon of bias-induced reconstruction of hybrid interface states in molecular spinterface devices,and the underlying role of conjugated molecular orbitals in the transport ability of hybrid interface states.
基金supported financially by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.52250008,52050171,51973043,22175047,52103203,and 52103338)the Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(Grant No.XDB36020000)+4 种基金the Ministry of Science and Technology of the People’s Republic of China(2017YFA0206600)the CAS Instrument Development Project(Grant No.YJKYYQ20170037)the Beijing Natural Science Foundation(Grant Nos.4222087,2222086)Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province(Grant No.ZR2020ME070)the Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences(Grant No.BNLMS201907),and the CAS Pioneer Hundred Talents Program.
文摘Molecular spintronics,as an emerging field that makes full use of the advantage of ultralong room-temperature spin lifetime and abundant electrical-optical-magnetic properties of molecular semiconductors,has gained wide attention for its great potential for further commercial applications.Despite the significant progress that has been made,there remain several huge challenges that limit the future development of this field.This Perspective provides discussions on the spin transport mechanisms and performances of molecular semiconductors,spinterface effect,and related spin injection in spintronic devices,and current spin-charge interactive functionalities,along with the summarization of the main obstacles of these aspects.Furthermore,we particularly propose targeted solutions,aiming to enhance the spin injection and transport efficiency by molecular design and interface engineering and explore diverse spinrelated functionalities.Through this Perspective,we hope it will help the spintronic community identify the research trends and accelerate the development of molecular spintronics.
基金This project was primarily supported by the National Science Foundation through the Nebraska Materials Research Science and Engineering Center(Grant No.DMR-1420645).
文摘Magnetoelectric coupling has been a trending research topic in both organic and inorganic materials and hybrids.The concept of controlling magnetism using an electric field is particularly appealing in energy efficient applications.In this spirit,ferroelectricity has been introduced to organic spin valves to manipulate the magneto transport,where the spin transport through the ferromagnet/organic spacer interfaces(spinterface)are under intensive study.The ferroelectric materials in the organic spin valves provide a knob to vary the interfacial energy alignment and the interfacial crystal structures,both are critical for the spin transport.In this review,we introduce the recent efforts of controlling magnetoresistance of organic spin valves using ferroelectricity,where the ferroelectric material is either inserted as an interfacial layer or used as a spacer material.The realization of the ferroelectric control of magneto transport in organic spin valve,advances our understanding in the spin transport through the ferromagnet/organic interface,and suggests more functionality of organic spintronic devices.
