Abstract
We have studied the effect of inelastic electron–phonon interaction on the spin-dependent transport properties of a molecule, trans-polyacetylene ( trans-PA), as a molecular bridge sandwiched between two ferromagnetic (FM) electrodes. The work is based on a tight-binding Hamiltonian model within the framework of a generalized Green’s function technique and relies on the Landauer–Büttiker formalism as the basis for studying the current–voltage characteristic of this system. We use the wide-band approximation for FM electrodes. It is shown that due to inelastic interactions, the spin currents increase in a finite value of voltage and tunnel magnetoresistance (TMR) decreases compared with TMR obtained in the absence of phonons.
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