Projekt

The project is aiming for the realization of more complex prototypical spintronic devices and for a deeper understanding of the microscopic basis of the CISS effect. In the first funding period it could be shown for helicene that the sign of the spin polarization is connected to the handedness of the molecules. Furthermore, a simple way to achieve optically and electrically induced local magnetic memory was established and the magnetization without current or magnetic field could be demonstrated. The second phase will focus on the realization of multiple element devices, including reading heads and spin detectors, and introduce the new concept of CISS-spinterface for generating magnetic matrix domains and their manipulation. Bottom-up dip-pen lithography will be evaluated for the fabrication of multiple element devices. In a high risk work package spin coherence effects in CISS devices will be investigated which may lead to the observation of spin interferences. Then the realization and characterization of novel quantum devices at room temperature will conclude the project. The experimental studies will be complemented with extensive theoretical modeling combining first-principle and model Hamiltonian approaches.

• Prof. Dr. Helmut Zacharias

  Universität Münster
  Physikalisches Institut
  Münster
  

• Prof. Dr. Gianaurelio Cuniberti

  Technische Universität Dresden
  Fakultät Maschinenwesen
  Institut für Werkstoffwissenschaft und Nanotechnik
  Lehrstuhl für Materialwissenschaft und Nanotechnik
  Max Bergmann Zentrum
  Dresden
  

• Prof. Yossi Paltiel, Ph.D.

  The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
  Center for Nano Science and Nano technology
  Applied Physics Department
  The Quantum Nano Engineering Laboratory
  Edmond J. Safra campus
  Jerusalem
  Israel
  

• Prof. Ron Naaman, Ph.D.

  The Weizmann Institute of Science
  Chemical Physics
  Department of Chemical Physics
  Rehovot
  Israel
  

• The Electron Spin as a Chiral Reagent

• Role of exchange interactions in the magnetic response and intermolecular recognition of chiral molecules

• Spin-selective Electron Transmission through Self-assembled Monolayers of double-stranded Peptide Nucleic Acid