Based on the density functional theory combined with the nonequilibrium Green function methodology,we have studied the thermally-driven spin-dependent transport properties of a combinational molecular junction consist...Based on the density functional theory combined with the nonequilibrium Green function methodology,we have studied the thermally-driven spin-dependent transport properties of a combinational molecular junction consisting of a planar four-coordinate Fe molecule and a 15,16-dinitrile dihydropyrene/cyclophanediene molecule,with single-walled carbon nanotube bridge and electrode.Our results show that the magnetic field and light can effectively regulate the thermallydriven spin-dependent currents.Perfect thermal spin-filtering effect and good thermal switching effect are realized.The results are explained by the Fermi-Dirac distribution function,the spin-resolved transmission spectra,the spatial distribution of molecular projected self-consistent Hamiltonian orbitals,and the spin-resolved current spectra.On the basis of these thermally-driven spin-dependent transport properties,we have further designed three basic thermal spin molecular AND,OR,and NOT gates.展开更多
基金Project supported by the Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province,China(Grant No.ZR2021MA059)the Major Scientific and Technological Innovation Project(MSTIP)of Shandong Province,China(Grant No.2019JZZY010209)。
文摘Based on the density functional theory combined with the nonequilibrium Green function methodology,we have studied the thermally-driven spin-dependent transport properties of a combinational molecular junction consisting of a planar four-coordinate Fe molecule and a 15,16-dinitrile dihydropyrene/cyclophanediene molecule,with single-walled carbon nanotube bridge and electrode.Our results show that the magnetic field and light can effectively regulate the thermallydriven spin-dependent currents.Perfect thermal spin-filtering effect and good thermal switching effect are realized.The results are explained by the Fermi-Dirac distribution function,the spin-resolved transmission spectra,the spatial distribution of molecular projected self-consistent Hamiltonian orbitals,and the spin-resolved current spectra.On the basis of these thermally-driven spin-dependent transport properties,we have further designed three basic thermal spin molecular AND,OR,and NOT gates.
