Chirality-induced magnetoresistance in hybrid organic-inorganic perovskite semiconductors
National Laboratory of the Rockies（落基山国家实验室）；Renewable and Sustainable Energy Institute, University of Colorado Boulder（科罗拉多大学博尔德分校可再生能源与可持续能源研究所）；North Carolina State University（北卡罗来纳州立大学）；University of Wisconsin-Madison（威斯康星大学麦迪逊分校）；Center for Hybrid Organic Inorganic Semiconductors for Energy（能源混合有机无机半导体中心）
Md Azimul Haque, Pius Markus Theiler, Ian A. Leahy, Steven P. Harvey, Jeiwan Tan, Matthew P Hautzinger, Margherita Taddei, Aeron McConnell, Andrew Greider, Andr… 展开作者
Md Azimul Haque, Pius Markus Theiler, Ian A. Leahy, Steven P. Harvey, Jeiwan Tan, Matthew P Hautzinger, Margherita Taddei, Aeron McConnell, Andrew Greider, Andrew H. Comstock, Yifan Dong, Kirstin Alberi, Yuan Ping, Peter C. Sercel, Joseph M. Luther, Dali Sun, Matthew C. Beard
The combination of semiconducting properties and synthetically tunable chirality in chiral metal halide semiconductors (CMHS) offer a compelling platform for room temperature control over electronic spin properties, leveraging effects such as chirality-induced spin selectivity (CISS) for the development of new opto-spintronic functionalities. We report room-temperature CISS-induced magnetoresistance (CISS-MR) exceeding 100% for spin valves in a configuration consisting of a ferromagnet (FM), tunneling barrier, and CMHS. The high CISS-MR is attributed to interfacial spin-selective tunneling barrier induced by the chirality, which can produce current dissymmetry factors that surpass the limit imposed by the Jullière model governed by the intrinsic spin polarization of the adjacent FM contact. The CISS-MR exhibits a strong dependence on the CMHS composition, revealing a structure-property relationship between CISS and structural chirality. The observed exceptionally large tunneling MR response differentiates from a subtle anisotropic MR arising from the proximity effect at the FM/CMHS interface in the absence of a tunneling barrier. Our study provides insights into charge-to-spin interconversion in chiral semiconductors, offering materials design principles to control and enhance CISS response and utilize it in functional platforms.
Enantiopurity-Controlled Magnetism in a Two-Dimensional Organic-Inorganic Material
University of California, Berkeley（加州大学伯克利分校）；Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory（劳伦斯伯克利国家实验室）；Molecular Foundry, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory（劳伦斯伯克利国家实验室分子发现中心）；Kavli Energy NanoScience Institute（卡弗里能源纳米科学研究所）；Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory（劳伦斯伯克利国家实验室化学科学部）
Twisted bilayer graphene (TBG) exhibits fascinating correlation-driven phenomena like the superconductivity and Mott insulating state, with flat bands and a chiral lattice structure. We find by quantum transport calculations that the chirality leads to a giant unidirectional magnetoresistance (UMR) in TBG, where the unidirectionality refers to the resistance change under the reversal of the direction of the current or magnetic field. We point out that flat bands significantly enhance this effect. The UMR increases quickly upon reducing the twist angle and reaches about 20\% for an angle of 1.5…
Weyl semimetals (WSMs) are topological quantum states wherein the electronic bands linearly disperse around pairs of nodes, the Weyl points, of fixed (left or right) chirality. The recent discovery of WSM materials triggered an experimental search for the exotic quantum phenomenon known as the chiral anomaly. Via the chiral anomaly nonorthogonal electric and magnetic fields induce a chiral density imbalance that results in an unconventional negative longitudinal magnetoresistance, the chiral magnetic effect. Recent theoretical work suggests that this effect does not require well-defined Weyl n…
Chiropiezoelectric Energy Harvesting from Lattice-Handedness-Controlled Selenium Nanowires
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)（韩国科学技术院）；Applied Science Research Institute, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)（韩国科学技术院应用科学研究院）；Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)（韩国科学技术院材料科学与工程系）
First-principles calculations of spin-split bands in chiral hybrid organic-inorganic perovskites ($R$/$S$-PEA)PbI$_3$ and ($R$/$S$-NEA)PbI$_3$
Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University（东北大学物质材料研究所学）；Department of Applied Physics, Tokyo University of Science（东京科学大学应用物理系）；School of Advanced Science and Engineering, Waseda University（早稻田大学先进理工学研究院）
We report chirality-induced current-in-plane magnetoresistance (CIP-MR) in chiral molecule/ferromagnetic metal bilayer at room temperature. The previously reported chiralityinduced current-perpendicular-to-plane magnetoresistance (CPP-MR) originates from the chiral induced spin-selectivity (CISS) effect that needs charge-current passing through the molecule. In contrast, the observed CIP-MR in the present study requires no bias charge current through the molecule. The temperature dependence of CIP-MR suggests thermally induced spin-polarization in the chiral molecules is the key for the observ…
The spin-dependent propagation of electrons in helical nanowires is investigated. We show that the interplay of spin angular momentum and nanowire chirality, under spin-orbit interaction, lifts the symmetry between left and right propagating electrons, giving rise to a velocity asymmetry. The study is based on a microscopic tight-binding model that takes into account the spin-orbit interaction. The continuity equation for the spin-dependent probability density is derived, including the spin non-conserving terms, and quantum dynamics calculations are performed to obtain the electron propagating…
The chirality-induced spin selectivity (CISS) effect enables the detection of chirality as electrical charge signals. It is often studied using a two-terminal circuit geometry where a ferromagnet is connected to a chiral component, and a change of electrical resistance is reported upon magnetization reversal. This is however not expected in the linear response regime because of compensating reciprocal processes, limiting the interpretation of experimental results. Here we show that magnetoresistance effects can indeed appear even in the linear response regime, either by changing the magnitude …
Two-dimensional (2D) hybrid organic-inorganic perovskites (HOIPs) are introducing new directions in the 2D materials landscape. The coexistence of ferroelectricity and spin-orbit interactions play a key role in their optoelectronic properties. We perform a detailed study on a recently synthesized ferroelectric 2D-HOIP, (AMP)PbI$_4$ (AMP = 4-aminomethyl-piperidinium). The calculated polarization and Rashba parameter are in excellent agreement with experimental values. We report a striking new effect, i.e., an extraordinarily large Rashba anisotropy that is tunable by ferroelectric polarization:…
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 crysta…
Chiral matter has a structure that lacks inversion, mirror, and rotoreflection symmetry; thus, a given chiral material has either a right- or left-handed structure. In chiral matter, electricity and magnetism can be coupled in an exotic manner beyond the classical electromagnetism (e.g., magneto chiral effect in chiral magnets). In this paper, we give a firm experimental proof of the linear electric-current-induced magnetization effect in bulk nonmagnetic chiral matter elemental trigonal tellurium. We measured a $^{125} $Te nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectral shift under a pulsed electri…
The peculiar band structure of semimetals exhibiting Dirac and Weyl crossings can lead to spectacular electronic properties such as large mobilities accompanied by extremely high magnetoresistance. In particular, two closely neighbouring Weyl points of the same chirality are protected from annihilation by structural distortions or defects, thereby significantly reducing the scattering probability between them. Here we present the electronic properties of the transition metal diphosphides, WP2 and MoP2, that are type-II Weyl semimetals with robust Weyl points. We present transport and angle res…
Topological semimetals have recently attracted great attention due to prospective applications governed by their peculiar Fermi surfaces. Weyl semimetals host chiral fermions that manifest as pairs of non-degenerate massless Weyl points in their electronic structure, giving rise to novel macroscopic quantum phenomena such as the chiral anomaly, an unusual magnetoresistance, and various kinds of Hall effects These properties enable the engineering of non-local electric transport devices, magnetic sensors and memories, and spintronics devices. Nevertheless, little is known about the underlying s…
Whereas spintronics brings the spin degree of freedom to electronic devices, molecular/organic electronics adds the opportunity to play with the chemical versatility. Here we show how, as a contender to commonly used inorganic materials, organic/molecular based spintronics devices can exhibit very large magnetoresistance and lead to tailored spin polarizations. We report on giant tunnel magnetoresistance of up to 300% in a (La,Sr)MnO3/Alq3/Co nanometer size magnetic tunnel junction. Moreover, we propose a spin dependent transport model giving a new understanding of spin injection into organic …
The full geometrical symmetry groups (the line groups) of the monolayered, 2Hb and 3R polytypes of the inorganic MoS2 and WS2 micro- and nanotubes of arbitrary chirality are found. This is used to find the coordinates of the representative atoms sufficient to determine completely geometrical structure of tubes. Then some physical properties which can be deduced from the symmetry are discussed: electron band degeneracies, selection rules, general forms of the second rank tensors and potentials, phonon spectra.
Chiral-Induced Spin Selectivity Effect in a 1 nm Thin 1,1'-Binaphthyl-2,2'-diyl Hydrogenphosphate Self-Assembled Monolayer on Nickel Oxide
Technical University of Darmstadt（达姆施塔特工业大学）；Technical University of Munich（慕尼黑工业大学）；Weizmann Institute of Science（魏茨曼科学研究所）；Chemnitz University of Technology（开姆尼茨工业大学）；Heidelberg University（海德堡大学）；Merck Electronics KGaA（默克电子股份公司）；University of Freiburg（弗赖堡大学）
Ligand-Induced Incompatible Curvatures Control Ultrathin Nanoplatelet Polymorphism and Chirality
ARC Centre of Excellence in Exciton Science, School of Chemistry, University of Sydney（悉尼大学化学学院激子科学卓越中心）；The University of Sydney Nano Institute, University of Sydney（悉尼大学纳米研究所）；Univ. Lyon, ENS de Lyon, CNRS, Laboratoire de Chimie（里昂大学，里昂高等师范学校，法国国家科学研究中心，化学实验室）；LadHyX, CNRS, Ecole polytechnique, Institut Polytechnique de Paris（拉迪克斯实验室，法国国家科学研究中心，巴黎综合理工学院，巴黎理工学院）；Univ Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS, Institut Lumière Matière（里昂大学，克洛德·贝尔纳里昂第一大学，法国国家科学研究中心，光与物质研究所）
In this paper we review the recent field of organic spintronics, where organic materials are applied as a medium to transport and control spin-polarized signals. The contacts for injecting and detecting spins are formed by metals, oxides, or inorganic semiconductors. First, the basic concepts of spintronics and organic electronics are addressed and phenomena which are in particular relevant for organic spintronics are highlighted. Experiments using different organic materials, including carbon nanotubes, organic thin films, self-assembled monolayers and single molecules are then reviewed. Obse…
We fabricated a current-perpendicular-to-plane pseudo-spin-valve nanopillar comprising a thick and a thin Co rings with deep submicron lateral sizes. The dc current can effectively induce the flux-closure vortex states in the rings with desired chiralities. Abrupt transitions between the vortex states are also realized by the dc current and detected with the giant magnetoresistance effect. Both Oersted field and spin-transfer torque are found important to the magnetic transitions, but the former is dominant. They can be designed to cooperate with each other in the vortex-to-vortex transitions …
We report detailed investigations of hybrid organic-inorganic vertical spin valves. Spin polarized injection in tris(8-hydroxyquinoline) aluminum (Alq3) organic semiconductor (OS) was performed using La0.7Sr0.3MnO3 manganite as the bottom electrode and Co as the top electrode. While manganite was directly connected to the organic semiconductor layer, a thin tunnel barrier was placed between the OS and the Co electrode. A clear negative spin valve effect - low resistance for antiparallel electrodes configuration - was observed below 210 K in various devices using two different tunnel barriers: …
We have studied magnetotransport in organic-inorganic hybrid multilayer junctions. In these devices, the organic semiconductor (OSC) Alq$_3$ (tris(8-hydroxyquinoline) aluminum) formed a spacer layer between ferromagnetic (FM) Co and Fe layers. The thickness of the Alq$_3$ layer was in the range of 50-150 nm. Positive magnetoresistance (MR) was observed at 4.2 K in a current perpendicular to plane geometry, and these effects persisted up to room temperature. The devices' microstructure was studied by X-ray reflectometry, Auger electron spectroscopy and polarized neutron reflectometry (PNR). The…
The magnetic topological materials have attracted significant attention due to their potential realization of variety of novel quantum phenomena. EuIn$_2$As$_2$ has recently been theoretically recognized as a long awaited intrinsic antiferromagnetic bulk axion insulator. However, the experimental study on transport properties arising from the topological states in this material is scarce. In this paper, we perform the detailed magnetoresistance (MR) and Hall measurements to study the magnetotransport properties of this material. We find that the transport is strongly influenced by the spin con…
