Researchers develop conducting system that controls the spin of electrons and transmits a spin current over long distances
In a new study by a team of Duke University and Weizmann Institute researchers, led by Michael Therien, professor of chemistry at Duke, a new achievement was reported: The development of a conducting system that controls the spin of electrons and transmits a spin current over long distances, without the need for the ultra-cold temperatures required by typical spin-conductors.
"The structures we present here are exciting because they define new strategies to generate large magnitude spin currents at room temperature," said Chih-Hung Ko, first author of the paper and recent Duke chemistry Ph.D.