Reconfigurable spin polarizer based on a molecular motor

　Chirality-Induced Spin Selectivity (CISS) is an effect that orients spin polarization of electrical current that is passing through a chiral molecule. Recently, we have combined CISS effect with an artificial molecular motor that switches its chirality by photo-irradiation or by heat treatment. The details can be found here.

MolecularMotorWithCISS

  1. Masayuki Suda, Yuranan Thathong, Vinich Promarak, Hirotaka Kojima, Masakazu Nakamura, Takafumi Shiraogawa, Masahiro Ehara and Hiroshi. M. Yamamoto, “Light-driven Molecular Switch for Reconfigurable Spin Filters”, Nature Commun., 10, 2455 (2019).