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The interaction between electron spin and molecular chirality plays a fundamental role in quantum phenomena, with significant implications for spintronics and quantum computing. The chirality-induced spin selectivity (CISS) effect, where…

Recent research discovered that charge transfer processes in chiral molecules can be spin selective and named the effect chiral-induced spin selectivity (CISS). Follow-up work studied hybrid spintronic devices with conventional electronic…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-06-25 Xu Yang , Tom Bosma , Bart J. van Wees , Caspar H. van der Wal

We show that a spinor traveling along a one-dimensional helical path develops a spin-orbit coupling as a result of the curvature of the path. We estimate the magnitude of the associated spin polarization and obtain values typical of many…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-09-29 Massimiliano Di Ventra , Rafael Gutierrez , Gianaurelio Cuniberti

Chiral-induced spin selectivity (CISS) enables spin selectivity of charge carriers in chiral molecular systems without magnetic materials. While spin selectivity has been widely investigated, its quantum coherence has not yet been explored.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-01-09 Hanna T. Fridman , Rotem Malkinson , Amir Hen , Shira Yochelis , Yossi Paltiel , Nir Bar-gill

Since the chiral-induced spin selectivity (CISS) was first observed experimentally, its microscopic mechanism has been continuously explored by the scientific community. Among these investigations, the non-equilibrium effects and the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-09-12 Song Chen , Hua-Hua Fu

The chiral(ity)-induced spin selectivity (CISS) effect, where electrons passing through a chiral medium acquire significant spin-polarization at ambient temperatures, has been widely observed experimentally, yet its theoretical foundations…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2025-09-03 Yan Xi Foo , Aisha Kermiche , Farhan T. Chowdhury , Clarice D. Aiello , Luke D. Smith

The observation of spin-dependent transmission of electrons through chiral molecules has led to the discovery of chiral-induced spin selectivity (CISS). The remarkably high efficiency of the spin polarizing effect has recently gained…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-03-01 Ashish Moharana , Yael Kapon , Fabian Kammerbauer , David Anthofer , Shira Yochelis , Mathias Kläui , Yossi Paltiel , Angela Wittmann

Chirality-induced spin selectivity is a spin-splitting phenomenon from a helical structure with a considerably effective spin-orbit coupling. This unexpectedly large spin-splitting phenomenon has been experimentally observed in chiral…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2024-05-08 Meng Xu , Yan Chen

Theoretical studies on spin-dependent transport through helical molecules with straight spiral geometry have received intense research interest in the past decade, however, the physics in circular helical molecules has still less been…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-01-17 Song Chen , Hua-Hua Fu

Topological aspects of the geometry of DNA and similar chiral molecules have received a lot of attention, while the topology of their electronic structure is less explored. Previous experiments have revealed that DNA can efficiently filter…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-10-07 Yizhou Liu , Jiewen Xiao , Jahyun Koo , Binghai Yan

Chirality-induced spin selectivity (CISS) describes how chiral molecules and materials generate spin polarization even at thermal equilibrium. This observation has challenged established principles of microscopic reversibility and Onsager…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2025-10-29 Pius M. Theiler , Matthew C. Beard

The origin and function of chirality in DNA, proteins, and other building blocks of life represent a central question in biology. Observations of spin polarization and magnetization associated with electron transport through chiral…

In connection to the chiral-induced spin-selectivity (CISS) effect, we theoretically analyze the electronic and spin states of edges of a finite $p$-orbital helical atomic chain with the intra-atomic spin-orbit interaction (SOI). This model…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-12-25 Takemitsu Kato , Yasuhiro Utsumi , Ora Entin-Wohlman , Amnon Aharony

This work investigates electron transport through chiral electrostatic potentials by modeling the system in three spatial dimensions and demonstrates that chirality-induced orbital selectivity (CIOS) produces pronounced enantiospecific…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-09-10 Namgee Cho , James Lim , Martin B. Plenio

The physical origin of the so-called chirality-induced spin selectivity (CISS) effect has puzzled experimental and theoretical researchers over the past few years. Early experiments were interpreted in terms of unconventional spin-orbit…

Chiral molecules have attracted significant multidisciplinary interest and extensive research owing to their remarkable ability to achieve charge-to-spin conversion, known as the chiral-induced spin selectivity (CISS). A recent experiment…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2025-09-05 Tian-Yi Zhang , Peng-Yi Liu , Ai-Min Guo , Qing-Feng Sun

The chirality-induced spin selectivity (CISS) effect has been confirmed experimentally for a large class of organic molecules. Adequately modeling the effect remains a challenging task, with both phenomenological models and first-principle…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-06-24 Matthias Geyer , Rafael Gutierrez , Gianaurelio Cuniberti

The functionality of many biological systems depends on reliable electron transfer with minimal heating. Unlike man-made electric circuits, nature realizes electron transport via insulating chiral molecules. Here we include spin into the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-01-18 Karen Michaeli , Ron Naaman

Electrical generation of polarized spins in nonmagnetic materials is of great interest for the underlying physics and device potential. One such mechanism is chirality-induced spin selectivity (CISS), with which structural chirality leads…

The chiral induced spin selectivity (CISS) in layers of helical molecules gained considerable attention in the emerging field of spintronics, because the effect enables spin-filter devices under ambient conditions. Several theoretical…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-02-05 Daniel Nürenberg , Helmut Zacharias