Measuring the Spin-Polarization Power of a Single Chiral Molecule

Albert C. Aragonès, Ernesto Medina, Miriam Ferrer-Huerta, Nuria Gimeno, Meritxell Teixidó, Julio L. Palma, Nongjian Tao, Jesus M. Ugalde, Ernest Giralt, Ismael Díez-Pérez, Vladimiro Mujica

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Abstract

The electronic spin filtering capability of a single chiral helical peptide is measured. A ferromagnetic electrode source is employed to inject spin-polarized electrons in an asymmetric single-molecule junction bridging an α-helical peptide sequence of known chirality. The conductance comparison between both isomers allows the direct determination of the polarization power of an individual chiral molecule.

Original languageEnglish (US)
JournalSmall (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany)
Volume13
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 1 2017

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Spin polarization
Peptides
Molecules
Chirality
Isomers
Electrodes
Electrons
Polarization

Keywords

  • alpha-helical peptides
  • chiral transport
  • single-molecule wires
  • spin-polarization power
  • spin-polarized transmission

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Biotechnology
  • Biomaterials
  • Engineering (miscellaneous)

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Aragonès, A. C., Medina, E., Ferrer-Huerta, M., Gimeno, N., Teixidó, M., Palma, J. L., ... Mujica, V. (2017). Measuring the Spin-Polarization Power of a Single Chiral Molecule. Small (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany), 13(2). https://doi.org/10.1002/smll.201602519

Measuring the Spin-Polarization Power of a Single Chiral Molecule. / Aragonès, Albert C.; Medina, Ernesto; Ferrer-Huerta, Miriam; Gimeno, Nuria; Teixidó, Meritxell; Palma, Julio L.; Tao, Nongjian; Ugalde, Jesus M.; Giralt, Ernest; Díez-Pérez, Ismael; Mujica, Vladimiro.

In: Small (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany), Vol. 13, No. 2, 01.01.2017.

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Aragonès, AC, Medina, E, Ferrer-Huerta, M, Gimeno, N, Teixidó, M, Palma, JL, Tao, N, Ugalde, JM, Giralt, E, Díez-Pérez, I & Mujica, V 2017, 'Measuring the Spin-Polarization Power of a Single Chiral Molecule', Small (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany), vol. 13, no. 2. https://doi.org/10.1002/smll.201602519
Aragonès AC, Medina E, Ferrer-Huerta M, Gimeno N, Teixidó M, Palma JL et al. Measuring the Spin-Polarization Power of a Single Chiral Molecule. Small (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany). 2017 Jan 1;13(2). https://doi.org/10.1002/smll.201602519
Aragonès, Albert C. ; Medina, Ernesto ; Ferrer-Huerta, Miriam ; Gimeno, Nuria ; Teixidó, Meritxell ; Palma, Julio L. ; Tao, Nongjian ; Ugalde, Jesus M. ; Giralt, Ernest ; Díez-Pérez, Ismael ; Mujica, Vladimiro. / Measuring the Spin-Polarization Power of a Single Chiral Molecule. In: Small (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany). 2017 ; Vol. 13, No. 2.
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