Volume 62, Issue 35 e202307458
Research Article

Chemical Approach Towards Broadband Spintronics on Nanoscale Pyrene Films

Ritu Gupta

Ritu Gupta

Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, 208016 India

Contribution: Formal analysis (lead), Methodology (lead), Writing - original draft (lead)

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Jhantu Pradhan

Jhantu Pradhan

Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad, Kandi-502285 Telangana, India

Department of Materials Science and Metallurgical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad, Kandi-502285 Telangana, India

Contribution: Data curation (supporting)

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Arabinda Haldar

Arabinda Haldar

Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad, Kandi-502285 Telangana, India

Contribution: Formal analysis (supporting)

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Chandrasekhar Murapaka

Corresponding Author

Chandrasekhar Murapaka

Department of Materials Science and Metallurgical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad, Kandi-502285 Telangana, India

Contribution: Formal analysis (lead)

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Prakash Chandra Mondal

Corresponding Author

Prakash Chandra Mondal

Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, 208016 India

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First published: 26 June 2023
Citations: 7

Graphical Abstract

An electrochemically grafted pyrene oligomer is deposited on indium tin oxide (ITO), under a varied-thickness permalloy, to study broadband spintronics. High spin-mixing conductance and linewidth broadening reveal that pyrene can be an attractive nonmagnetic element for efficient spin-pumping at room temperature, a striking alternative to conventional but expensive heavy metals.

Abstract

The injection of pure spin current into the non-magnetic layer plays a crucial role in transmitting, processing, and storing data information in the realm of spintronics. To understand broadband molecular spintronics, pyrene oligomer film (≈20 nm thickness) was prepared using an electrochemical method forming indium tin oxide (ITO) electrode/pyrene covalent interfaces. Permalloy (Ni80Fe20) films with different nanoscale thicknesses were used as top contact over ITO/pyrene layers to estimate the spin pumping efficiency across the interfaces using broadband ferromagnetic resonance spectra. The spintronic devices are composed of permalloy/pyrene/ITO orthogonal configuration, showing remarkable spin pumping from permalloy to pyrene film. The large spin pumping is evident from the linewidth broadening of 5.4 mT at 9 GHz, which is direct proof of spin angular momentum transfer across the interface. A striking observation is made with the high spin-mixing conductance of ≈1.02×1018 m−2, a value comparable to the conventional heavy metals. Large spin angular moment transfer was observed at the permalloy-pyrene interfaces, especially at the lower thickness of permalloy, indicating a strong spinterface effect. Pure spin current injection from ferromagnetic into electrochemically grown pyrene films ensures efficient broadband spin transport, which opens a new area in molecular broadband spintronics.

Conflict of interest

The authors declare no conflict of interest to this work.

Data Availability Statement

The data that support the findings of this study are available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request.

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