TY - JOUR
T1 - Surface Magnetic Stabilization and the Photoemission Chiral-Induced Spin-Selectivity Effect
AU - Monti, Oliver L.A.
AU - Dubi, Yonatan
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2024 American Chemical Society.
PY - 2024/1/1
Y1 - 2024/1/1
N2 - The spinterface mechanism was suggested as a possible origin for the chirality-induced spin-selectivity (CISS) effect and was used to explain and reproduce, with remarkable accuracy, experimental data from transport experiments showing the CISS effect. Here, we apply the spinterface mechanism to explain the appearance of magnetization at the interface between nonmagnetic metals and chiral molecules, through the stabilization of otherwise fluctuating magnetic moments. We show that the stabilization of surface magnetic moments occurs for a wide range of realistic parameters and is robust against dephasing. Importantly, we show that the direction of the surface magnetic moments is determined by the chiral axis of the chiral molecules. Armed with the concept of stable surface magnetic moments, we then formulated a theory for the photoemission CISS effect. The theory, based on spin-dependent scattering, leads to direct predictions regarding the relation between the photoemission CISS effect, the chiral axis direction, the spinterface “size”, and the tilt angle of the detector with respect to the surface. These predictions are within reach of current experimental capabilities and may shed new light on the origin of the CISS effect.
AB - The spinterface mechanism was suggested as a possible origin for the chirality-induced spin-selectivity (CISS) effect and was used to explain and reproduce, with remarkable accuracy, experimental data from transport experiments showing the CISS effect. Here, we apply the spinterface mechanism to explain the appearance of magnetization at the interface between nonmagnetic metals and chiral molecules, through the stabilization of otherwise fluctuating magnetic moments. We show that the stabilization of surface magnetic moments occurs for a wide range of realistic parameters and is robust against dephasing. Importantly, we show that the direction of the surface magnetic moments is determined by the chiral axis of the chiral molecules. Armed with the concept of stable surface magnetic moments, we then formulated a theory for the photoemission CISS effect. The theory, based on spin-dependent scattering, leads to direct predictions regarding the relation between the photoemission CISS effect, the chiral axis direction, the spinterface “size”, and the tilt angle of the detector with respect to the surface. These predictions are within reach of current experimental capabilities and may shed new light on the origin of the CISS effect.
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U2 - 10.1021/jacs.4c12974
DO - 10.1021/jacs.4c12974
M3 - Article
C2 - 39538115
AN - SCOPUS:85209242603
SN - 0002-7863
JO - Journal of the American Chemical Society
JF - Journal of the American Chemical Society
ER -