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The rise of spinterface science

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Little is known about the mechanisms that govern the injection of spins into organic molecules. A new study suggests that the metal/organic interface is key, paving the way for a new field in which interfaces are specifically designed for spin applications. This is this field of 'spinterface' science.

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Figure 1: Schematic of the spin-filtering mechanism at an organic/inorganic hybrid interface.

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  1. Stefano Sanvito is in the School of Physics and the Centre for Research on Adaptive Nanostructures and Nanodevices, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland. sanvitos@tcd.ie,

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Sanvito, S. The rise of spinterface science. Nature Phys 6, 562–564 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/nphys1714

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