Proceedings of MATSUS Fall 2024 Conference (MATSUSFall24)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.29363/nanoge.matsusfall.2024.319
Publication date: 28th August 2024
The role of spin polarization and spin accumulation in chiral interfaces will be examined in the context of spin-dependent catalysis. A recent example [1] related to the influence of the CISS effect in water oxidation on mesoporous systems consisting of TiO2 and Au will be discussed. Specifically, the relevance of broken symmetry singlet states in gold nanoparticles coated with chemisorbed molecules, where depending on the nature of the atomic linker to the surface, a non-zero spin density in an otherwise magnetically inactive surface is created, will be considered as an important concept in understanding how spin polarization is originated in interfaces with no magnetic activity. In a more general context, a theoretical description of spin accumulation in chiral interfaces will be given in terms of a model where current in a molecular junction and spin density are calculated self-consistently, thereby providing a mechanism for this phenomenon that is of crucial importance in spintronics and spin-dependent chemistry