Induced spin filtering in electron transmission through chiral molecular layers adsorbed on metals with strong spin-orbit coupling

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 139, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Gersten, Joel ^a   Kaasbjerg, Kristen ^b   Nitzan, Abraham ^b  

^a CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM SUBSTRATE; BUILT-IN ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRON TRANSMISSION; ELECTRONIC MOTIONS; PHOTOEMISSION CURRENTS; POTENTIAL SURFACES; SPIN ORBIT INTERACTIONS; SPIN-ORBIT COUPLINGS;

C (PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE); GOLD; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MOLECULES; SPIN POLARIZATION; SUBSTRATES;

STEREOCHEMISTRY;

DNA; METAL;

ADSORPTION; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; ELECTRON; MOTION; STEREOISOMERISM; ARTICLE;

ADSORPTION; DNA; ELECTRONS; METALS; MOTION; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 84884847600     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4820907     Document Type: Article

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