Overview
- Nominated as an outstanding PhD thesis by the Unité Mixte de Physique CNRS/Thales, France
- Includes a detailed review of the spinterface field
- Presents the first evidence of spinterface effects at room temperature in organic spin-valves
- Includes a detailed review of transport models through self-assembled monolayers and reports on spin-dependent transport in molecular magnetic tunnel junctions
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Springer Theses (Springer Theses)
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Table of contents (8 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Introduction to Organic and Molecular Spintronics
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Self-Assembled Monolayers for Molecular Spintronics
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Room Temperature Spin Injection in Organic Semiconductors
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About this book
This thesis targets molecular or organic spintronics and more particularly the spin polarization tailoring opportunities that arise from the ferromagnetic metal/molecule hybridization at interfaces: the new concept of spinterface. Molecular or organic spintronics is an emerging research field at the frontier between organic chemistry and spintronics.
The manuscript is divided into three parts, the first of which introduces the basic concepts of spintronics and advantages that molecules can bring to this field. The state of the art on organic and molecular spintronics is also presented, with a special emphasis on the physics and experimental evidence for spinterfaces.
The book’s second and third parts are dedicated to the two main experimental topics investigated in the thesis: Self-Assembled Monolayers (SAMs) and Organic Semiconductors (OSCs). The study of SAMs-based magnetic tunnel nanojunctions reveals the potential to modulate the properties of such devices “at will,”since each part of the molecule can be tuned independently like a “LEGO” building block. The study of Alq3-based spin valves reveals magnetoresistance effects at room temperature and is aimed at understanding the respective roles played by the two interfaces. Through the development of these systems, we demonstrate their potential for spintronics and provide a solid foundation for spin polarization engineering at the molecular level.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Molecular Spintronics
Book Subtitle: From Organic Semiconductors to Self-Assembled Monolayers
Authors: Marta Galbiati
Series Title: Springer Theses
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-22611-8
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Chemistry and Materials Science, Chemistry and Material Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-22610-1Published: 04 November 2015
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-36964-8Published: 23 August 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-22611-8Published: 15 October 2015
Series ISSN: 2190-5053
Series E-ISSN: 2190-5061
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIX, 183
Topics: Organic Chemistry, Surface and Interface Science, Thin Films, Physical Chemistry, Magnetism, Magnetic Materials