AVS 53rd International Symposium
    Magnetic Interfaces and Nanostructures Thursday Sessions
       Session MI+EM-ThM

Paper MI+EM-ThM6
Organic-based Materials in Spintronics

Thursday, November 16, 2006, 9:40 am, Room 2006

Session: Spin Injection
Presenter: A.N. Caruso, North Dakota State University
Authors: S. Liu, North Dakota State University
P. Jeppson, North Dakota State University
J. Sandstrom, North Dakota State University
B. Anderson, North Dakota State University
D.B. Chrisey, North Dakota State University
D.L. Schulz, North Dakota State University
A.N. Caruso, North Dakota State University
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Magnetic and non-magnetic organic-based solids provide physical, magnetic and electronic flexibility with regard to multilayer device fabrication. This flexibility manifests itself in the form of organic synthesis whereby molecular orbital localization and hybridization can be finely tuned. The use of low Z materials in environments where spin coherence is vital will be discussed relative to spin orbit coupling and hyperfine interaction as well as a comparison between organic and inorganic density of states and their type of existence at the Fermi level for conductors. Organic based magnets provide optimal conditions, from their pi-pi* splittings, to allow for photomagnetic and other novel phenomena not observed easily with inorganic materials. Results from our work on the room temperature Mn(II)chalcogenocarboxylate system will be discussed and indicate promise toward an organic based spin-injector. Overall, it has been shown that organics do and will play a large role in standard electronics, such that the addition of the spin degree of freedom from magnetic organic-based materials is inevitable.