TY  - JOUR
A1  - Sierra, Miguel A.
A1  - Sánchez, David
A1  - Gutierrez, Rafael
A1  - Cuniberti, Gianaurelio
A1  - Domínguez-Adame, Francisco
A1  - Díaz, Elena
T1  - Spin-polarized electron transmission in DNA-like systems
JF  - Biomolecules
N2  - The helical distribution of the electronic density in chiral molecules, such as DNA and bacteriorhodopsin, has been suggested to induce a spin–orbit coupling interaction that may lead to the so-called chirality-induced spin selectivity (CISS) effect. Key ingredients for the theoretical modelling are, in this context, the helically shaped potential of the molecule and, concomitantly, a Rashba-like spin–orbit coupling due to the appearance of a magnetic field in the electron reference frame. Symmetries of these models clearly play a crucial role in explaining the observed effect, but a thorough analysis has been largely ignored in the literature. In this work, we present a study of these symmetries and how they can be exploited to enhance chiral-induced spin selectivity in helical molecular systems.
KW  - chirality-induced spin selectivity
KW  - helical molecules
KW  - spin transport
KW  - spin polarization
KW  - DNA electronic transport
Y1  - 2019
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-193813
SN  - 2218-273X
VL  - 10
IS  - 1
ER  -