Adiabatically twisting a magnetic molecule to generate pure spin currents in graphene
arXiv:1506.00754 · doi:10.1088/0953-8984/28/3/035305
Abstract
The spin orbit effect in graphene is too muted to have any observable significance with respect to its application in spintronics. However, graphene technology is too valuable to be rendered impotent to spin transport. In this communication we look at the effect of adiabatically twisting a single molecule magnet embedded in a graphene monolayer. Surprisingly, we see that pure spin currents (zero charge current) can be generated from the system via quantum pumping. In addition we also see spin selective current can also be pumped from the system. The pure spin current seen is quite resilient to temperature while disorder has a limited effect. Further the direction of these spin pumped currents can be easily and exclusively controlled by the magnetization of the single molecule magnet with disorder having no effect on the magnetization control of the pumped spin currents.
9 pages, 6 figures, revised with new section on effect of disorder and temperature. Accepted for publication in Journal of Physics:Condensed Matter
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