Development of Spin-Valve Devices Based on Precisely Assembled Single-Molecule Magnets

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25706005
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (A)
• Allocation Type: Partial Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Nanomaterials chemistry
• Research Institution: Kwansei Gakuin University (2016); Osaka University (2013-2015)
• Principal Investigator: Tanaka Daisuke 関西学院大学, 理工学部, 准教授 (60589399)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: STM / 単分子磁石 / 分子デバイス

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Molecular spintronics, a technology exploiting both charge and spin degrees of freedom at the single-molecule scale, has emerged as a promising topic toward single-molecule magnets (SMMs) at both the fundamental and applied levels of study. In particular, naanocarbon/SMM composites containing at least two SMM centers on the graphene sheet or carbon nanotube is very attractive for future spintronics devices as a molecular spin valve system.Herein, we developed novel porphyrin double-decker SMMs which show proton-induced switching properties, and precisely assemble on atomically flat carbon surfaces.

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