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TY - JOUR
T1 - Thermally excited spin current and giant magnetothermopower in metals with embedded ferromagnetic nanoclusters
AU - Tsyplyatyev, Oleksandr
AU - Kashuba, Oleksiy
AU - Falko, Vladimir
N1 - http://prb.aps.org/abstract/PRB/v74/i13/e132403
PY - 2006/10/11
Y1 - 2006/10/11
N2 - We show that a thermally excited spin current naturally appears in metals with embedded ferromagnetic nanoclusters. When such materials are subjected to a magnetic field, a spin current can be generated by a temperature gradient across the sample as a signature of electron-hole symmetry breaking in a metal due to the electron spin-flip scattering from polarized magnetic moments. Such a spin current can be observed via a giant magnetothermopower which tracks the polarization state of the magnetic subsystem and is proportional to the magnetoresistance. Our theory explains the recent experiment on Co clusters in copper by S. Serrano-Guisan [Nat. Mater.5, 730 (2006)].
AB - We show that a thermally excited spin current naturally appears in metals with embedded ferromagnetic nanoclusters. When such materials are subjected to a magnetic field, a spin current can be generated by a temperature gradient across the sample as a signature of electron-hole symmetry breaking in a metal due to the electron spin-flip scattering from polarized magnetic moments. Such a spin current can be observed via a giant magnetothermopower which tracks the polarization state of the magnetic subsystem and is proportional to the magnetoresistance. Our theory explains the recent experiment on Co clusters in copper by S. Serrano-Guisan [Nat. Mater.5, 730 (2006)].
U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevB.74.132403
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevB.74.132403
M3 - Journal article
VL - 74
JO - Physical review B
JF - Physical review B
SN - 1098-0121
IS - 13
M1 - 132403
ER -