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Here we propose a mechanism by which spin polarization can be generated dynamically in chiral molecular systems undergoing photo-induced electron transfer. The proposed mechanism explains how spin polarization emerges in systems where…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-08-19 Thomas P. Fay , David T. Limmer

Chiral induced spin selectivity is a phenomenon that has been attributed to chirality, spin-orbit interactions, and non-equilibrium conditions, while the role of electron exchange and correlations have been investigated only marginally…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-04-28 J. Fransson

Recent observations of considerable spin polarization in photoemission from metal surfaces through monolayers of chiral molecules were followed by several efforts to rationalize the results as the effect of spin-orbit interaction that…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-16 Joel Gersten , Kristen Kaasbjerg , Abraham Nitzan

The discovery of the chiral induced spin selectivity effect has provided a novel tool to study how active physical and chemical mechanism may differ in chiral enantiomers, however, the origin of the effect itself is yet an open question. In…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-04-17 J. Fransson

The creation of free excitons by absorption of circularly polarized photons, and their subsequent fast capture by donors, is at the origin of the spin polarization of donor-bound electrons. The sign of the electronic spin polarization at…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2008-01-10 B. Eble , C. Testelin , F. Bernardot , M. Chamarro , G. Karczewski

Recently there has been much interest in the chirality induced spin selectivity effect, whereby electron spin polarisation, which is dependent on the molecular chirality, is produced in electrode-molecule electron transfer processes.…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2021-02-04 Thomas P. Fay

Chiral-induced spin selectivity (CISS) is a phenomenon in which electron spins are polarized as they are transported through chiral molecules, and the spin polarization depends on the handedness of the chiral molecule. In this study, we…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-02-09 Nguyen Thanh Phuc

Right- and left-handed circularly polarized light interact differently with electronic charges in chiral materials. This asymmetry generates the natural circular dichroism and gyrotropy, also known as the optical activity. Here we…

In this paper we outline a physically motivated framework for describing spin-selective recombination processes in chiral systems, from which we derive spin-selective reaction operators for recombination reactions of donor-bridge-acceptor…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2023-03-09 Thomas P. Fay , David T. Limmer

Chirality-induced spin selectivity (CISS) refers to the fact that electrons get spin polarized after passing through organic chiral molecules in a nanoscale device. In CISS, chiral molecules are commonly believed to be a spin filter through…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-12-06 Yotam Wolf , Yizhou Liu , Jiewen Xiao , Noejung Park , Binghai Yan

Spin-resolved photoelectron spectroscopy (PES) is a major experimental probe of chirality-induced spin selectivity (CISS), yet it remains unclear whether the measured spin polarization reflects molecular chirality itself or the broader…

Materials Science · Physics 2026-03-25 Amos Afugu , Gyanu P. Kafle , Zhen-Fei Liu

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

We study spin polarization induced by locally injected electric currents in a metal whose spin--orbit coupling reflects its structural chirality. We reveal both spin polarization in the bulk in the linear response and antiparallel spin…

We present the first microscopic model for chirality-induced spin selectivity effect in electron-transfer, in which the internal degrees of freedom of the chiral bridge are explicitly included. By exactly solving this model on short chiral…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-10-08 A. Chiesa , E. Garlatti , M. Mezzadri , L. Celada , R. Sessoli , M. R. Wasielewski , R. Bittl , P. Santini , S. Carretta

It is well assessed that the charge transport through a chiral potential barrier can result in spin-polarized charges. The possibility of driving this process through visible photons holds tremendous potential for several aspects of quantum…

The chiral-induced spin selectivity (CISS) effect, a phenomenon where the chirality of molecules imparts significant spin selectivity to electron transfer processes, has garnered increasing interest among the chemistry, biology, and physics…

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

Charge and spin dynamics is addressed in chiral molecules immediately after the instantaneous coupling to an external metallic reservoir. It is shown how a spin-polarization is induced in the chiral structure as a response to the charge…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-02-08 J. Fransson

We show that the electron spin polarization generated by an electrical current may have its direction controlled and magnitude amplified by periodic optical excitation. The electrical and optical spin control methods were combined and…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-07-17 Felix G. G. Hernandez , Gennady M. Gusev , Askhat K. Bakarov

Despite generally lacking ferromagnetic properties or strong spin-orbit coupling, electrons in chiral molecules exhibit unique spin-dependent transport behavior, known as chiral-induced spin selectivity (CISS). This phenomenon implies a…

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

Chiral molecules can selectively transport electrons of a particular spin orientation, yet the underlying mechanism remain poorly understood. Here, we present theoretical evidence that electrons propagating through chiral materials with…

Materials Science · Physics 2024-03-01 Xiaoming Wang , Yeming Xian , Yanfa Yan
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