Room-Temperature Spin-Dependent Transport in Metalloporphyrin-Based Supramolecular Wires

Here we present room-temperature spin-dependent charge transport measurements in single-molecule junctions made of metalloporphyrin-based supramolecular assemblies. They display large conductance switching for magnetoresistance in a single-molecule junction. The magnetoresistance depends acutely on...

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Autores: Aragonès, Albert C., Martín Rodríguez, Alejandro, Aravena, Daniel, Palma, di Giuseppe, Qian, Wenjie, Puigmartí Luis, Josep, Aliaga Alcalde, Nuria, González Campo, Arántzazu, Díez Pérez, Ismael, Ruiz, Eliseo
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2021
País:España
Institución:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repositorio:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
OAI Identifier:oai:digital.csic.es:10261/264204
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/264204
https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85118363372
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Density functional calculations
Magnetoresistance
Metalloporphyrins
Single-molecule junctions
Spinterface
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Sumario:Here we present room-temperature spin-dependent charge transport measurements in single-molecule junctions made of metalloporphyrin-based supramolecular assemblies. They display large conductance switching for magnetoresistance in a single-molecule junction. The magnetoresistance depends acutely on the probed electron pathway through the supramolecular wire: those involving the metal center showed marked magnetoresistance effects as opposed to those exclusively involving the porphyrin ring which present nearly complete absence of spin-dependent charge transport. The molecular junction magnetoresistance is highly anisotropic, being observable when the magnetization of the ferromagnetic junction electrode is oriented along the main molecular junction axis, and almost suppressed when it is perpendicular. The key ingredients for the above effect to manifest are the electronic structure of the paramagnetic metalloporphyrin, and the spinterface created at the molecule-electrode contact.