# The importance of spin state in chiral supramolecular electronics

Ana M García, Gabriel Martínez, Amparo Ruiz-Carretero

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# The importance of spin state in chiral supramolecular electronics

Ana M. García,ª Gabriel Martínez,ª Amparo Ruiz-Carreteroª*

[ª] Ana M. García, Gabriel Martínez, Amparo Ruiz-Carretero. University of Strasbourg, Institute Charles Sadron, CNRS, UPR22, 23 Rue du Loess, 67034, Strasbourg Cedex 2, France.

## Abstract

The field of spintronics explores how magnetic fields can influence the properties of organic molecules by controlling their spins. In this sense, organic materials are very attractive since they have small spin-orbit coupling, allowing long-range spin transport along their structures. Usually, the small spin-orbit coupling means that organic materials cannot be used for spin injection, requiring ferromagnetic electrodes. However, chiral molecules have been demonstrated to behave as spin filters upon light illumination in the phenomenon described as chirality-induced spin selectivity (CISS) effect. This means that electrons of certain spin can go through chiral assemblies of molecules preferentially in one direction depending on their handedness. This is possible because the broken symmetry in chiral molecules couples with the electron's spin and its linear momentum so the molecules transmit the one preferred spin. In this respect, chiral semiconductors have great potential in the field of organic electronics since when charge carriers are created, a preferred spin could be transmitted through a determined handedness structure. The exploration of the CISS effect in chiral supramolecular semiconductors could add greatly to the efforts made by the organic electronics community since charge recombination could be diminished and charge transport improved when the spins are preferentially guided in one specific direction.
This review outlines the advances in supramolecular chiral semiconductors regarding their spin state and its influence on the final electronic properties.

# 1. Introduction

The field of supramolecular electronics bridges the gap between molecular and plastic electronics. (Meijer and Schenning, 2002; Schenning and Meijer, 2005; Moulin et al., 2013). In this sense, supramolecular chemistry represents the bridge, providing the tools to achieve highly organized structures with superior properties than those of the individual components. The presence of noncovalent interactions in organic semiconductors has been demonstrated to enhance the charge transport properties and device efficiency. (Ghosh et al., 2017) finding exciting results in literature where π-π stacking interactions, (Lee et al., 2011) hydrogen bonds, (Huang et al., 2005; Ruiz-Carretero et al., 2013; Aytun et al., 2015; Carretero et al., 2020) metallophilic interactions (Che et al., 2011; Ruiz-Carretero et al., 2019) or a combination of several noncovalent interactions (Yamamoto et al., 2006; Schulze et al., 2014; Stupp and Palmer, 2014; Weldeab et al., 2018) were used to boost the properties of supramolecular electronic systems (Figure 1a). The dynamic nature of noncovalent interactions allows to tune the optoelectronic properties by controlling the self-assembly processes. In this regard, parameters such as temperature, concentration or solvent polarity can impact the self-assembly and hence, the properties. (Aida et al., 2012). The incorporation of chiral centres into π-conjugated materials also affects the self-assembly properties. In this case, the chiral information of the monomer is transferred along the assembly yielding the final chiral configuration to the structure (Figure 1b). (Liu et al., 2015) Recently, chiral supramolecular structures have raised as very interesting systems in the field of spintronics (Wolf et al., 2001) since chiral and helical structures have been demonstrated to behave as spin filters upon light illumination in the phenomenon described as Chirality-Induced Spin Selectivity (CISS) effect (Figure 1c). (Naaman and Waldeck, 2012) Organic materials are
very attractive for spintronic devices due to their small spin-orbit coupling (SOC), which increases the spin relaxation time as compared to inorganic materials usually containing heavy atoms, resulting in long-range spin transport in organic materials. The small SOC g implies that organic materials cannot be used for spin injection, requiring ferromagnetic electrodes. (AWSCHALOM and FLATTÉ, 2007). However, the CISS effect indicates that organic molecules are not considered as passive elements but as spin filters because the broken symmetry in chiral molecules couples with the electron’s spin and its linear momentum, so the molecules transmit one preferred spin.

In this review, we will focus on the recent advances made in supramolecular chiral semiconductors regarding their spin state and its influence on the final electronic properties.

## 2. The CISS effect

- *Discovery and definition*

The CISS effect was firstly identified by Naaman and coworkers in 1999, who determined the scattering asymmetry in electrons transmission in Langmuir-Blodgett films made of L- and D-stearoyl lysine. (Ray et al., 1999) Their results showed that the quantum yield of photoelectrons depended both on the relative polarization of the light, and the chirality of the molecules. They started the study of the main factors that influence the CISS effect using self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) of double-stranded (ds) DNA and oligopeptides, demonstrating that spin selectivity is correlated to the supramolecular organization of single molecules, and its magnitude increases with the length of the DNA strands or peptide sequence, respectively. (Carmeli et al., 2002) (Ray et al., 2006) (Göhler et al., 2011) (Xie et al., 2011) (Kettner et al., 2015) (Kiran et al., 2017) (Aragonès et al., 2017) (Tassinari et al., 2018) (Torres-Cavanillas et al., 2020) These studies pointed out the previously ignored role of the spin in electron-biomolecule interactions, as well as the potential of SAMs of chiral
molecules that work as spin filters at room temperature. (Michaeli et al., 2016) (Naaman et al., 2019)

- *Theoretical models*

Several theoretical models have been described to explain the spin-selective transport through chiral molecules, using helical-shaped molecules and dsDNA. (Gutierrez et al., 2012) (Guo and Sun, 2012) (Medina et al., 2012) The first models found in literature share two important features: chirality is essential to reach spin polarization, and a helical potential based on the Rashba SOC term needs to be considered to calculate the SO interaction. (Naaman and Waldeck, 2012). Later on, Hedegard presented more detailed calculations on specific systems to explain the surprisingly high experimental magnitude compared to the much lower theoretical one (Dalum and Hedegård, 2019). Recently, Herrmann and coworkers gave an explanation for the astounding value of the CISS effect by introducing a new imaginary term in the Hamiltonian matrix. (Zöllner et al., 2020). At the same time, an analytical model emerged remarking that helicity is not a mandatory parameter to observe the CISS effect, but chirality is. This is because until now only helical-shaped materials had been considered to study the CISS effect, while in the mentioned work, the authors defend that chirality and alignment of the molecule on the substrate are the essential elements for overall spin polarization. (Ghazaryan et al., 2020)

- *Experimental measurements*

There are multiple experimental methods to investigate the CISS effect. (Naaman and Waldeck, 2015) Photoelectron spectroscopy has been used to characterize spin orientation through a SAM of chiral molecules adsorbed in a gold substrate when irradiating with circularly polarized light. The spin of the transmitted electrons is detected using a Mott polarimeter. (Göhler et al., 2011) Conductive-probe atomic force microscopy (cp-AFM) is
another technique that measures the spin-dependent conduction through single
molecules. (Xie et al., 2011) (Kettner et al., 2015) (Bullard et al., 2019) With this technique,
the current-voltage (J-V) curves are registered on a SAM of chiral molecules adsorbed on a
ferromagnetic substrate (normally nickel), while gold nanoparticles are attached to the tail of
some of these molecules. It can be considered one of the best techniques to evaluate the real
spin selectivity as it does not detect electrons from non-covered areas of the surface.

Spin polarization Hall devices measure Hall voltage and cyclic voltammetry response on chiral SAMs. (Bullard et al., 2019) (Kumar et al., 2017) The sign of the observed Hall voltage depends on the chirality of the molecule.

Recently, a technique that combines time-resolved microwave conductivity (TRMC),
electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) and optical spectroscopy has been used to study
charge carrier mobility and spin state in p-type semiconductors. (Tsutsui et al., 2018).
Chemical doping using iodine vapors generates radicals that allow to determine the species
with different spin state present in the sample.

3. Chiral supramolecular π-conjugated materials. Spin and optoelectronic properties

The importance of chirality and the spin state in organic electronics has been reported in
many literature examples even if they were not connected to the CISS effect. Yet, the number
of works linking conductivity to chirality is still scarce despite the emergent properties
observed in organic semiconductors as a consequence of chirality. (Yang et al., 2017) For
instance, Zhu *et al.* reported optically active chiral electronic wires based on oligo-arylene-
ethynylene and 1,1'-bi-2-naphthol (BINOL). (Zhu et al., 2006) The (R)- and (S)-derivatives
were prepared and self-assembled onto gold surfaces. The electrical transport properties were
studied measuring the *J*-*V* curves for the pure enantiomers and different enantiomeric
mixtures, finding that the optically pure compounds exhibited greater conductivity than the mixtures. The authors hypothesized that the result could be due to very different packing structures between the homochiral and heterochiral molecules. Later on, several works were reported on the influence of stereoisomerism on the crystallization, optoelectronic properties and device efficiency of π-conjugated materials functionalized with asymmetric branched alkyl chains. Liu et al. reported (Liu et al., 2013) the differences among the mesomer, the RR-isomer and the SS-isomer of diketopyrrolopyrrole (DPP) molecules functionalized with asymmetrical branched alkyl chains. The stereoisomers, isolated by HPLC equipped with a chiral column, were also compared to the as-synthesized compound. The enantiomers showed very similar crystal structures, thin film morphology and field effect transistor (FET) properties, and they were the best structures to grow single crystals, while the mesomer had the greatest crystallization tendency in spin-cast films. The latter resulted in the highest charge carrier mobilities due to a coplanar conjugated backbone that favors intermolecular π-π stacking compared to the twisted backbone of the RR- and SS-isomers. Similarly, Zerdan et al. reported the influence of the solubilizing chain stereochemistry on photovoltaic devices made with small molecules and fullerene derivatives. (Zerdan et al., 2014) In this case, the authors reported DPP derivatives with RR-, SS- and RS-ethylhexyl alkyl tails. Bulk heterojunction solar cells were fabricated with the pure isomers and compared to isomer mixtures from the purchased derivative. The authors found that when crystallization was induced by thermal annealing, important differences were found in the molecular packing between the different stereoisomers. Later on, Stolte et al. showed the impact of ethylhexyl stereoisomers on organic thin film transistors of π-conjugated materials. (Stolte et al., 2016) In this case, the highest mobility is found for dyes bearing 2-ethylhexyl substituents that include a mixture of (R,R), (S,S) and (R,S) stereoisomers. The authors argue that this was possible due to the superior π-π contacts between DPP dyes. The result was in agreement
with the previous studies pioneered by Liu and collaborators. (Liu et al., 2013) The same group reported the impact of 2-ethylhexyl stereoisomers on single crystal field-effect transistors (FET). (He et al., 2018) In this case, the (R,S) mesomer was the most promising stereoisomer, being the mobility values superior to those of the pure enantiomers.

Other systems showing the influence of chirality in π-conjugated materials are optically active polymers (Grenier et al., 2007; Vanormelingen et al., 2008; Kane-Maguire and Wallace, 2010), thiophene-based block copolymers, (Van den Bergh et al., 2010; Verswyvel et al., 2011) copolymers of chiral poly(ethylenedioxythiophene) (PEDOT), (Jeong and Akagi, 2011), supramolecular helical nanostructures (Hafner et al., 2018) and, tetrathiafulvalene systems. (Pop et al., 2013, 2014)

Likewise, the role of the spin state was highlighted in other series of works. The spin state is a very important parameter in the kinetic control of recombination in organic photovoltaics (Rao et al., 2013) and in charge transfer (CT) states. (Chang et al., 2015) While cascade structures allow the spatial separation of photogenerated electrons and holes in biological systems, the photogenerated excitons in organic photovoltaic devices are dissociated exclusively at the donor-acceptor heterojunction. However, the nanoscale morphology of photovoltaic devices promotes the encounters of charges and hence, recombination. Yet, there are examples of organic photovoltaic devices with quantum efficiency close to unity. (Park et al., 2009) meaning that recombination can be avoided. Rao *et al.* (Rao et al., 2013) demonstrated using time-resolved spectroscopy that the recombination of bound states is mediated not only by energetics, but also by the spin delocalization, allowing free carriers to be formed again and suppressing recombination. Along the same lines, Janssen *et al.*, demonstrated that the spin-based particle reactions happening in polymer-fullerene blends can be tuned using magnetoresistance lineshapes and voltage dependencies. (Janssen et al., 2013) The authors showed non-spin-polarized organic semiconductor devices, which in the
absence of magnetic elements presented large room temperature magnetoresistance effect at small magnetic fields. This effect is known as organic magnetoresistance (OMAR) and it is very appealing because it can unravel unknown phenomena happening due to the intrinsically magnetic field-dependent charge transport properties of organic semiconductors. The authors explored the possible mechanisms to explain OMAR, categorized as reactions of polarons with the same charge into bipolarons, reactions of polarons with opposite charge into excitons, and reactions of triple excitons with polarons or with other triplet excitons. As a result of their study, the authors conclude that by choosing the right materials to alter the alignment of triplet excitons and CT states, important effects on the reaction pathways and the resulting OMAR can be achieved, influencing the device physics and efficiency.

### 4. Main supramolecular structures where the CISS effect has been studied

One of the main research areas of the CISS effect has been understanding its role in electron transfer in biology-related systems. It explains not only why it is so efficient in biological processes such as photosynthesis or respiration, but also the reasons for preferred enantioselective recognition in living organisms. (Michaeli et al., 2016) In addition, other processes in which electrons are transferred in a way that only one spin state prevails are interesting for many applications in chemistry and electronics, since it enables the fabrication of electronic devices using chiral organic molecules instead of ferromagnets. (Naaman et al., 2020. (Mtangi et al., 2017, Dor et al., 2013)-(Mathew et al., 2014)(Koplovitz et al., 2017)(Kim et al., 2021)

In the next paragraphs we will describe the main supramolecular π-conjugated systems where the CISS effect has been studied.

- Peptides
Since the identification of the CISS effect, big efforts have been made to understand it in a
wide variety of molecular systems, including biologically relevant molecules as DNA and
peptides. (Naaman and Waldeck, 2015) Only recently, several key parameters in spin
polarization and its magnitude have been disclosed. The dependence of spin selectivity on the
molecular length was demonstrated by varying the number of amino acid residues in
oligopeptide sequences using cyclic voltammetry (Figure 2a) and cp-AFM (Kettner et al.,
2015) (Kiran et al., 2017), finding that spin selectivity decreases when increasing the tip-
loading force. Following these studies, Aragonès and coworkers proved current asymmetry in
chiral single molecular junctions by scanning tunneling microscopy break-junction (STM-
BJ). They used 22-mer L- and D-oligopeptide systems, a magnetized nickel tip and a gold
electrode. (Aragonès et al., 2017) The spin selectivity in electron transfer was also noted when
12-mer oligopeptides were attached to ferrocene, where oxidation or reduction were favored
depending on the L- or D-enantiomer and the direction of the magnetic field. (Tassinari et al.,
2018) Importantly, a polyproline chiral system (Pro<sub>8</sub>) conjugated to zinc porphyrins showed
that the spin-polarized generated currents were further transmitted over distances surpassing
the length of chiral molecules, which opens the way for applications in devices. (Bullard et al.,
2019) Very recently, ds peptide nucleic acids (PNAs) have been proposed to study the CISS
effect. Their spin-filtering capabilities were directly correlated to the molecular helicity,
highlighting the worth of the dsPNAs for systematic studies of the CISS effect. (Möllers et al.,
2021)

- DNA

The helical structure of dsDNA is very attractive in spintronics because it has played a
critical role in charge transport processes through long molecular distances. (Kiran et al.,
2016) In 2011, Göhler and collaborators presented the first example of spin filters based on
DNA. They obtained spin polarization exceeding 60% at room temperature measured by
Mott polarimetry with dsDNA monolayers adsorbed on gold. (Göhler et al., 2011). Densely packed single stranded (ss) and dsDNA films with a redox-active probe adsorbed on a gold-capped nickel surface were analyzed by cyclic voltammetry. Only the dsDNA films displayed variations of up to 16% in the electrochemical reduction depending on the orientation of the magnetic field. This states that the chiral supramolecular organization prevails over the chirality of the individual components. (Zwang et al., 2016) The linear dependence of the spin polarization on the length of dsDNA oligonucleotides has also been demonstrated by cp-AFM using lengths of 20 up to 50 base pairs. (Mishra et al., 2020) (Figure 2b). Later, Banerjee-Ghosh et al. proved experimentally that there is an enantiospecific interaction between chiral molecules and perpendicularly polarized substrates. They followed the kinetics of the enantioselective adsorption of dsDNA on a magnetized Ni/Au surface, finding that the rate of absorption was considerably different for up and down magnetization of the substrate. (Banerjee-Ghosh et al., 2018) Additionally, researchers have investigated the effect of oxidative damage on the spin transport through monolayers of dsDNA using a Hall device. (Mishra et al., 2019) Unexpectedly, dsDNA having one and two oxidative damages in the base pairs had higher spin polarization than undamaged dsDNA films. It seems that due to the damage of the bases most of the conduction goes through the backbone of the DNA structure, which is chiral and hence, more spin selective.

- *Helicenes and overcrowded alkenes.*

Helicenes are fully conjugated molecules without stereogenic carbons. The repulsion between the termini of these molecules makes the helicenes adopt permanent helical conformations with *M* (left-handed enantiomer) and *P* (right-handed enantiomer) configurations. (OuYang and Crassous, 2018) Kiran *et al.* have shown that cationic [4]helicenes behaved as spin filters when they were uniformly absorbed and oriented on a pyrolytic graphite surface. (Kiran et al.,
2016) Spin polarizations of more than 40% were obtained with preferred opposite spin orientation for *P* and *M* configurations.

In another report, monolayers made of enantiopure [7]helicenes were deposited on Cu(332), Ag(110), and Au(111) surfaces, which have a wide range of SOC values. (Kettner et al., 2018) Very similar results of spin selectivity were obtained, proving the dominant role of chirality in the spin filtering ability of helicenes over the SOC of the surfaces.

Interestingly, some authors have pointed out improved charge transport properties on racemic mixtures of helicenes compared to enantiopure composition in organic electronic devices. (Yang et al., 2017) Important morphological differences between the racemic and enantiopure systems were found, as well as an 80-fold increase in hole mobility in FETs.

On the other hand, Josse et al. compared device efficiency fabricated with enantiopure and racemic naphthalimide end-capped [6]helicenes as electron acceptors, (Josse et al., 2017) observing a two-fold increase in electron mobility, and a five-fold increase of the power conversion efficiency in devices fabricated with the enantiopure material compared to the racemic. These contradictory results emphasize the need to further investigate the impact of solid-state organization in chiral supramolecular systems in organic electronic devices.

In 2019, it was presented for the first time the change of spin selectivity by modifying the handedness of chiral molecules by external stimuli (Figure 2c). (Suda et al., 2019) An artificial molecular motor based on an overcrowded alkene was synthesized. It was able to switch its chirality generating a unidirectional rotation cycle driven by temperature or light, with spin selectivity values of up to 44%.

- Conjugated polymers/π-conjugated molecules incorporating amino acids (chirality)

Chirality has been demonstrated crucial for spin filtering also in different polymers and π-conjugated molecules, as for example in organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs). Thanks to
the CISS effect, chiral polymers represent a great alternative for spin polarization and
injection with high spin selectivity. For instance, thin films of thiophene-based polymers
incorporating cysteine exhibited high spin filter ability at room temperature, as shown using a
solid-state device to determine magnetoresistance and electrochemical
measurements. (Mondal et al., 2015) Another intriguing example illustrating the importance
of selective spin transport in supramolecular structures is the improvement in water splitting
by avoiding the formation of hydrogen peroxide. (Figure 2d) In this case, the anode was
coated with a helix-forming chiral organic semiconductor that enhanced the desired process
thanks to the CISS effect. (Mtangi, W. et al., 2017) Later on, the importance of
supramolecular chirality rather than the number of chiral centers present in the molecule was
demonstrated using coronene bisimide and porphyrin-like polymers with chiral (or achiral)
alcoxyphenyl chains. (Kulkarni et al., 2020) In principle, supramolecular helicity is expected
to be inverted depending on the stereoconfiguration of the chiral centers in the π-conjugated
molecule or polymer. However, it was shown that both, *M* and *P* chiral helicity can also
emerge from a monomer with the same chirality (e.g. *L*-derivative). In this sense, the
secondary arrangement can be inverted by changing the temperature (+20 °C or -10 °C),
(Kulkarni et al., 2020) or by using a different solvent. (Mishra et al., 2020) More recently,
spin polarization was identified in achiral polymers with a preferred helical arrangement
induced by the use of chiral solvents. The authors used triphenylene-2,4,10-tricarboxamide
derivatives, whose supramolecular chirality is biased to get either *P*- or *M*-helices when using
chiral solvents. (Mondal et al., 2021) (Figure 2e) The inversion of supramolecular chirality by
means of temperature and solvent when using the same enantiomer affects spin selectivity,
and confirms the importance of supramolecular orientation in selective spin transport. In fact,
very recently, Meijer and coworkers claimed the pivotal role of chiral supramolecular order
rather than the number of chiral centers in discrete molecules in the CISS effect using
squarine dyes. (Rösch et al., 2021)

**5. Future directions in the field**

The CISS effect has been identified and studied in many different systems, especially over
the last twenty years. Although it is still at its infancy, experimental studies of this
phenomenon and the attempts to give an accurate theoretical explanation have paved the way
for a better understanding of the effect itself. Over the next years, its application in the
fabrication and the development of novel devices is expected, where miniaturization and
reduction of energy consumption can be envisaged, as the use of ferromagnets, and more
complicated interfaces can be avoided. The goal is to achieve the proper supramolecular
organization to ensure spin polarization and filtering, either using pure chiral entities or in
combination with achiral molecules where supramolecular chirality can be achieved as
described by the “sergeants-and-soldiers” effect. Overall, the study and application of the
CISS effect can revolutionize spin-based devices in the organic electronics field.

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