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16 Citations
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Spin-Currents and Spin-Pumping Forces for Spintronics

  • Jean-Eric Wegrowe and
  • Henri-Jean Drouhin

28 January 2011

A general definition of the Spintronics concept of spin-pumping is proposed as generalized forces conjugated to the spin degrees of freedom in the framework of the theory of mesoscopic non-equilibrium thermodynamics. It is shown that at least three d...

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  • Article
  • Open Access
29 Citations
6,500 Views
26 Pages

Spin Density Topology

  • Giovanna Bruno,
  • Giovanni Macetti,
  • Leonardo Lo Presti and
  • Carlo Gatti

2 August 2020

Despite its role in spin density functional theory and it being the basic observable for describing and understanding magnetic phenomena, few studies have appeared on the electron spin density subtleties thus far. A systematic full topological analys...

  • Article
  • Open Access
34 Citations
9,317 Views
8 Pages

25 February 2003

Recent results of experimental spin-spin coupling constants are reviewed and their relation to ab initio calculations is discussed. It is shown that the NMR measurements of spin-spin coupling are density dependent in the gas phase. The extrapolation...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
4,064 Views
14 Pages

Evolution of Spin-Orbital Entanglement with Increasing Ising Spin-Orbit Coupling

  • Dorota Gotfryd,
  • Ekaterina Pärschke,
  • Krzysztof Wohlfeld and
  • Andrzej M. Oleś

Several realistic spin-orbital models for transition metal oxides go beyond the classical expectations and could be understood only by employing the quantum entanglement. Experiments on these materials confirm that spin-orbital entanglement has measu...

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  • Review
  • Open Access
4 Citations
5,110 Views
35 Pages

17 August 2022

In this review, we trace the evolution of the quantum spin-wave theory treating non-collinear spin configurations. Non-collinear spin configurations are consequences of the frustration created by competing interactions. They include simple chiral mag...

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  • Open Access
9 Citations
8,985 Views
13 Pages

4 April 2003

Some calculations of the electric field derivative of the spin-spin coupling constant on molecules in the series CH3F, CH3Cl, CH3Br, CH3I, CH4, CH3Li, CH3Na and CH3K have been presented. The data is broken down into the 4 terms of the Ramsey theory:...

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  • Open Access
9 Citations
6,899 Views
14 Pages

Spin-charge interconversion is currently the focus of intensive experimental and theoretical research both for its intrinsic interest and for its potential exploitation in the realization of new spintronic functionalities. Spin-orbit coupling is one...

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  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,407 Views
10 Pages

26 January 2025

This paper overviews gas phase experiments with respect to one fundamental part of nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectra. Indirect spin-spin coupling is an important parameter of NMR spectra and is observed as the splitting of spectral signals. A...

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  • Open Access
124 Citations
22,790 Views
20 Pages

The relationship between chemical structure and spin state in a transition metal complex has an important bearing on mechanistic bioinorganic chemistry, catalysis by base metals, and the design of spin crossover materials. The latter provide an ideal...

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896 Views
13 Pages

4 September 2025

Graphene has promise as a channel connecting separate units of large-scale spintronic circuits owing to its outstanding theoretical spin transport properties. However, spin transport properties of experimental devices consistently fall short of theor...

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  • Open Access
5 Citations
4,422 Views
18 Pages

Spin Entropy

  • Davi Geiger and
  • Zvi M. Kedem

14 September 2022

Two types of randomness are associated with a mixed quantum state: the uncertainty in the probability coefficients of the constituent pure states and the uncertainty in the value of each observable captured by the Born’s rule probabilities. Ent...

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  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,164 Views
16 Pages

6 October 2024

Spin Hamiltonians, like the Heisenberg model, are used to describe the magnetic properties of exchange-coupled molecules and solids. For finite clusters, physical quantities, such as heat capacities, magnetic susceptibilities or neutron-scattering sp...

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1,032 Views
11 Pages

17 July 2025

The spin polarization of current in a conventional ferromagnetic and semiconductor-based Rashba spin–orbit interaction (RSOI) in an infinite two-dimensional system and the electrical properties of the junction are described using the square lat...

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  • Open Access
5 Citations
13,002 Views
12 Pages

Optical Orientation and Inverse Spin Hall Effect as Effective Tools to Investigate Spin-Dependent Diffusion

  • Marco Finazzi,
  • Federico Bottegoni,
  • Carlo Zucchetti,
  • Monica Bollani,
  • Andrea Ballabio,
  • Jacopo Frigerio,
  • Fabien Rortais,
  • Céline Vergnaud,
  • Alain Marty and
  • Franco Ciccacci
  • + 2 authors

In this work we address optical orientation, a process consisting in the excitation of spin polarized electrons across the gap of a semiconductor. We show that the combination of optical orientation with spin-dependent scattering leading to the inver...

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343 Views
13 Pages

17 November 2025

Spin–orbit interaction enables the generation and manipulation of spin currents without external magnetic fields, providing opportunities for spin–orbitronic devices. Here, we theoretically investigate a two-dimensional Rashba channel emb...

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  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,182 Views
8 Pages

A Voltage-Modulated Nanostrip Spin-Wave Filter and Spin Logic Device Thereof

  • Huihui Li,
  • Bowen Dong,
  • Qi Hu,
  • Yunsen Zhang,
  • Guilei Wang,
  • Hao Meng and
  • Chao Zhao

30 October 2022

A nanostrip magnonic-crystal waveguide with spatially periodic width modulation can serve as a gigahertz-range spin-wave filter. Compared with the regular constant-width nanostrip, the periodic width modulation creates forbidden bands (band gaps) at...

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2,270 Views
13 Pages

20 November 2022

The paper studies the electronic current in a one-dimensional lead under the effect of spin–orbit coupling and its injection into a metallic conductor through two contacts, forming a closed loop. When an external potential is applied, the time...

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  • Open Access
72 Citations
12,349 Views
16 Pages

Solvent Effects on the Indirect Spin–Spin Coupling Constants of Benzene: The DFT-PCM Approach

  • Kenneth Ruud,
  • Luca Frediani,
  • Roberto Cammi and
  • Benedetta Mennucci

25 February 2003

We present an extension of the Polarizable Continuum Model (PCM) to the calculation of solvent effects on indirect spin–spin coupling constants for Hartree–Fock wave functions and Density Functional Theory. This is achieved by implementing the PCM mo...

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  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,835 Views
18 Pages

While either a spin or point-group adaptation is straightforward when considered independently, the standard technique for factoring isotropic spin Hamiltonians by the total spin S and the irreducible representation Γ of the point group is limi...

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7 Citations
3,041 Views
19 Pages

We review the magneto-structural properties of electron–electron correlated quasi-one- dimensional (1D) molecular organics. These weakly localized quarter-filled metallic-like systems with pronounced spin 1/2 antiferromagnetic (AF) interactions...

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  • Article
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5 Citations
3,232 Views
19 Pages

We present a micromagnetic investigation of the spin dynamics at remanence (zero applied field) in a periodic square artificial spin ice (ASI) prepared four different microstates (i.e., with zero, two or four magnetic charges at the vertex). The ASI...

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  • Open Access
7 Citations
6,609 Views
14 Pages

Spin-Singlet Transition in the Magnetic Hybrid Compound from a Spin-Crossover Fe(III) Cation and π-Radical Anion

  • Kazuyuki Takahashi,
  • Takahiro Sakurai,
  • Wei-Min Zhang,
  • Susumu Okubo,
  • Hitoshi Ohta,
  • Takashi Yamamoto,
  • Yasuaki Einaga and
  • Hatsumi Mori

To develop a new spin-crossover functional material, a magnetic hybrid compound [Fe(qsal)2][Ni(mnt)2] was designed and synthesized (Hqsal = N-(8-quinolyl)salicylaldimine, mnt = maleonitriledithiolate). The temperature dependence of magnetic susceptib...

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  • Open Access
1,940 Views
11 Pages

17 October 2024

The use of Moore’s law appears to be coming to an end due to technological and physical constraints, as complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) transistors become smaller and closer to the atomic scale. Therefore, various emerging techno...

  • Review
  • Open Access
7 Citations
5,439 Views
30 Pages

10 September 2019

This review introduces some important spin phenomena of organic molecules and solids and their devices: Organic spin injection and transport, organic spin valves, organic magnetic field effects, organic excited ferromagnetism, organic spin currents,...

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  • Open Access
2,755 Views
17 Pages

In Search of the Spin-Out Entrepreneur

  • Matteo Landoni and
  • dt ogilvie

A spin-out happens when an employee quits a company to start a new venture; however, theories do not agree on whether the ‘spin-out entrepreneur’ will start the company in the same or in a different industry. We investigated a sample of 2...

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4 Citations
2,343 Views
10 Pages

Quantum scars refer to an enhanced localization of the probability density of states in the spectral region with a high energy level density. Scars are discussed for a number of confined pure and impurity-doped electronic systems. Here, we studied th...

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  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,993 Views
11 Pages

Interface Characterization of Current-Perpendicular-to-Plane Spin Valves Based on Spin Gapless Semiconductor Mn2CoAl

  • Ming-Sheng Wei,
  • Zhou Cui,
  • Xin Ruan,
  • Qi-Wen Zhou,
  • Xiao-Yi Fu,
  • Zhen-Yan Liu,
  • Qian-Ya Ma and
  • Yu Feng

10 August 2018

Employing the first-principles calculations within density functional theory (DFT) combined with the nonequilibrium Green’s function, we investigated the interfacial electronic, magnetic, and spin transport properties of Mn2CoAl/Ag/Mn2CoAl curr...

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  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,364 Views
12 Pages

We investigate emergent conductive phenomena triggered by collinear antiferromagnetic orderings. We show that an up-down-zero spin configuration in a triangle cluster leads to linear and nonlinear spin conductivities even without the relativistic spi...

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  • Open Access
20 Citations
5,246 Views
12 Pages

24 January 2022

Phonon and spintronic structures of monolayered Janus vanadium-dichalcogenide compounds are calculated by the first-principles schemes of pseudopotential plane-wave based on spin-density functional theory, to study dynamic structural stability and el...

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  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,923 Views
11 Pages

Electron Spin Relaxation in Carbon Materials

  • Damian Tomaszewski and
  • Krzysztof Tadyszak

16 July 2022

This article focuses on EPR relaxation measurements in various carbon samples, e.g., natural carbons—anthracite, coal, higher anthraxolites, graphite; synthetically obtained carbons—glassy carbons, fullerenes, graphene, graphene oxide, re...

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  • Open Access
5 Citations
1,823 Views
12 Pages

30 September 2022

The spin-lattice relaxation rate (T1−1) of lipid spin labels obtained from saturation recovery EPR measurements in deoxygenated membranes depends primarily on the rate of the rotational diffusion of the nitroxide moiety within the lipid bilayer...

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  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,674 Views
14 Pages

Here, we examine the conductance changes associated with the change in spin state in a variety of different structures, using the example of the spin crossover complex [Fe(H2B(pz)2)2(bipy)] (pz = (pyrazol-1-yl)-borate and bipy = 2,2′-bipyridine...

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  • Open Access
1 Citations
4,757 Views
21 Pages

12 April 2018

We employ the spinor analysis method to evaluate exact expressions of spin-spin correlation functions of the two-dimensional rectangular Ising model on a finite lattice, special process enables us to actually carry out the calculation process. We fir...

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  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,760 Views
19 Pages

Spin Probes as Scavengers of Free Radicals in Cells

  • Bernadeta Dobosz,
  • Ryszard Krzyminiewski,
  • Małgorzata Kucińska,
  • Marek Murias,
  • Grzegorz Schroeder and
  • Joanna Kurczewska

10 August 2022

Spin probes can be used to monitor biological membranes, including the penetration of different molecules into cells. The aim of the present studies was an investigation of the endocytosis process of two spin labels—2,2,6,6-Tetramethylpiperidin...

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  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,288 Views
25 Pages

10 November 2022

Spin-crossover solids have been studied for many years for their promising applications as optical switches and reversible high-density memories for information storage. This study reports the effect of random metal dilution on the thermal and struct...

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  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,170 Views
16 Pages

3 February 2023

Attempts at the theoretical interpretation of NMR spectra have a very long and fascinating history. Present quantum chemical calculations of shielding and indirect spin-spin couplings permit modeling NMR spectra when small, isolated molecules are stu...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,250 Views
14 Pages

A Novel Measurement Method for Spin Polarization Three Axis Spatial Distribution in Spin-Exchange Relaxation Free Atomic Magnetometer

  • Xiujie Fang,
  • Jin Li,
  • Yanning Ma,
  • Kai Wei,
  • Wenfeng Fan,
  • Yueyang Zhai,
  • Wei Quan and
  • Zhisong Xiao

The measurement of atomic spin polarization distribution in spin-exchange relaxation free (SERF) magnetometer is an important topic for improving the sensitivity and consistency of multi-channel magnetic field measurement applications. A novel spin p...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
4,610 Views
20 Pages

Steric Quenching of Mn(III) Thermal Spin Crossover: Dilution of Spin Centers in Immobilized Solutions

  • Komala Pandurangan,
  • Anthony B. Carter,
  • Paulo N. Martinho,
  • Brendan Gildea,
  • Tibebe Lemma,
  • Shang Shi,
  • Aizuddin Sultan,
  • Tia E. Keyes,
  • Helge Müller-Bunz and
  • Grace G. Morgan

Structural and magnetic properties of a new spin crossover complex [Mn(4,6-diOMe-sal2323)]+ in lattices with ClO4−, (1), NO3−, (2), BF4−, (3), CF3SO3−, (4), and Cl− (5) counterions are reported. Comparison with the magne...

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  • Open Access
23 Citations
6,121 Views
26 Pages

Dynamics of Spin Crossover Molecular Complexes

  • Thilini K. Ekanayaka,
  • Krishna Prasad Maity,
  • Bernard Doudin and
  • Peter A. Dowben

19 May 2022

We review the current understanding of the time scale and mechanisms associated with the change in spin state in transition metal-based spin crossover (SCO) molecular complexes. Most time resolved experiments, performed by optical techniques, rely on...

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  • Open Access
3,305 Views
17 Pages

This paper describes two cases of interaction between a quantized electromagnetic field and two different XY spin molecules; one with spins ½, and the other with spins 1. Both interact with a quantized electromagnetic field, with one of the sp...

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  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,972 Views
14 Pages

Homoconjugation Mediated Spin-Spin Coupling in Triptycene Nitronyl Nitroxide Diradicals

  • Chengfang Shi,
  • Laiwei Gao,
  • Martin Baumgarten,
  • Dongdong Wei,
  • Zhipeng Xu,
  • Wenping Wang and
  • Di Wang

In contrast to diradical linked by π-conjugation, there have been only a limited number of studies reported for those linked by homoconjugation systems. Bis(nitronyl nitroxide) diradicals and monoradical connected by a core non-rigid triptycene un...

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  • Open Access
1,836 Views
16 Pages

Monitoring of Fe(II) Spin Transition in Cu(II)-Doped Spin-Crossover Nanoparticles

  • Alexander Charitos,
  • Vassilis Tangoulis,
  • John Parthenios,
  • Ondrej Malina,
  • Radim Mach,
  • Nikolaos Ioannidis and
  • Nikolia Lalioti

11 March 2025

Experimental protocols based on Electron Paramagnetic Resonance (EPR) and Raman spectroscopy are presented for the investigation of the Fe(II) spin transition in Cu(II)-doped 1-D spin-crossover (SCO) nanoparticles of the type [Fe1−xCux(NH2trz)3...

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  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,636 Views
18 Pages

20 September 2024

13C and 1H NMR spectra were observed as the function of density in 1,2-13C-enriched ethane and ethylene for the pure gaseous compounds and their binary mixtures with xenon and carbon dioxide gases as the solvents. All the chemical shifts and indirect...

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