Doc. Mgr. Michal Straka, PhD

In this paper, an in silico proof of concept of a spinristor is proposed and provided; a new electronic component that combines a spin-filter and a memristor in a single molecule, useful for in-memory processing. It builds on the idea of an open-shell transition metal ion enclosed within an elliptical fullerene connected to a pair of electrodes. The spin- and electronic-polarization induced by the enclosed open-shell metallic ion leads to differential rectification of the electrons at low voltages applied between the source–drain electrodes, V_SD. The position of the encapsulated ion can be switched by a high V_SD which leads to a change in the direction of the rectification and the spin-filtering ratio. The system can thus be used as a switching rectifier, that is, a memristor and a spin-filter; therefore, a spinristor. The effect of different linkers on the function of the proposed device is further analyzed to show that linkers reduce the overall conductivity by an order of magnitude…