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In the past few years, the chirality and magnetism of molecules have received notable interest for the development of novel molecular devices. Chiral helicenes combine both these properties, and thus their nanostructuration is the first step toward developing new multifunctional devices. Here, we present a novel strategy to deposit a sub‐monolayer of enantiopure thia[4]helicene radical cations on a pre‐functionalized Au(111) substrate. This approach results in both the paramagnetic character and the chemical structure of these molecules being maintained at the nanoscale, as demonstrated by in‐house characterizations. Furthermore, synchrotron‐based X‐ray natural circular dichroism confirmed that the handedness of the thia[4]helicene is preserved on the surface.
The Chirality Induced
Spin Selectivity (CISS) effect describes
the capability of chiral molecules to act as spin filters discriminating
flowing electrons according to their spin state. Within molecular
spintronics, efforts are focused on developing chiral-molecule-based
technologies to control the injection and coherence of spin-polarized
currents. Herein, for this purpose, we study spin selectivity properties
of a monolayer of a thioalkyl derivative of a thia-bridged triarylamine
hetero[4]helicene chemisorbed on a gold surface. A stacked device
assembled by embedding a monolayer of these molecules between ferromagnetic
and diamagnetic electrodes exhibits asymmetric magnetoresistance with
inversion of the signal according to the handedness of molecules,
in line with the presence of the CISS effect. In addition, magnetically
conductive atomic force microscopy reveals efficient electron spin
filtering even at unusually low potentials. Our results demonstrate
that thia[4]heterohelicenes represent key candidates for the development
of chiral spintronic devices.
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