Chiral molecules and the electron spin

Seminar
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Speaker
Yossi Paltiel, HUJI
Date
18/11/2019 - 12:30Add to Calendar 2019-11-18 12:30:00 2019-11-18 12:30:00 Chiral molecules and the electron spin The electron’s spin is essential to the structure of matter and control over the spin orientation opens avenues for manipulating the structure of molecules and materials.  The energy associated with interacting electron clouds changes with their relative spin orientation. Controlling the relative spin orientation of electrons located on two reactants (atoms, molecules, or surfaces) has proved challenging, however. Recent developments based on the Chiral Induced Spin Selectivity (CISS) effect show that the spin orientation is linked to molecular symmetry and can be controlled in ways not previously imagined. For example, the combination of chiral molecules and electron spin opens a new approach to (enantio)selective chemistry, by adsorbing chiral molecules on a superconducting surface the order parameter is changes.  In my talk I will review the theoretical concepts underlying the CISS effect and illustrates its importance by discussing some of its manifestations in Chemistry, Biology, Physics and Spin based device engineering. Physics Auditorium, Room 301, Building 202 Department of Physics physics.dept@mail.biu.ac.il Asia/Jerusalem public
Place
Physics Auditorium, Room 301, Building 202
Abstract

The electron’s spin is essential to the structure of matter and control over the spin orientation opens avenues for manipulating the structure of molecules and materials.  The energy associated with interacting electron clouds changes with their relative spin orientation. Controlling the relative spin orientation of electrons located on two reactants (atoms, molecules, or surfaces) has proved challenging, however. Recent developments based on the Chiral Induced Spin Selectivity (CISS) effect show that the spin orientation is linked to molecular symmetry and can be controlled in ways not previously imagined. For example, the combination of chiral molecules and electron spin opens a new approach to (enantio)selective chemistry, by adsorbing chiral molecules on a superconducting surface the order parameter is changes.  In my talk I will review the theoretical concepts underlying the CISS effect and illustrates its importance by discussing some of its manifestations in Chemistry, Biology, Physics and Spin based device engineering.

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