Spin Filter Device (IMAGE)

National Institutes of Natural Sciences

Spin Filter Device

Caption

Unidirectional rotation of the artificial molecular motor. Blue helices represent the artificial molecular motors. The rotation cycle of the artificial molecular motor includes 4 times chirality inversion, resulting in 4 times switching of the spin-polarization direction of currents.

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