ELFOS

ELectric Field control Over Spin molecules

Coordinatore	TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITEIT DELFT    more  Organization address address: Lorentzweg 1 city: Delft postcode: 2628 CJ contact info Titolo: Prof. Nome: Herre Cognome: Van der Zant Email: send email Telefono: +31 15 278 7733 Fax: +31 15 278 6600
Nazionalità Coordinatore	Netherlands [NL]
Totale costo	3˙478˙655 €
EC contributo	2˙700˙000 €
Programma	FP7-ICT Specific Programme "Cooperation": Information and communication technologies
Code Call	FP7-ICT-2009-6
Funding Scheme	CP
Anno di inizio	2011
Periodo (anno-mese-giorno)	2011-01-01   -   2013-12-31

 Partecipanti

#	participant	country	role	EC contrib. [€]
1	TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITEIT DELFT  Organization address address: Lorentzweg 1 city: Delft postcode: 2628 CJ contact info Titolo: Prof. Nome: Herre Cognome: Van der Zant Email: send email Telefono: +31 15 278 7733 Fax: +31 15 278 6600	NL (Delft)	coordinator	0.00
2	CHALMERS TEKNISKA HOEGSKOLA AB  Organization address address: - city: GOETEBORG postcode: 41296 contact info Titolo: Ms. Nome: Ingrid Cognome: Collin Email: send email Telefono: +46 31 7721601 Fax: +46 31 7728498	SE (GOETEBORG)	participant	0.00
3	KOBENHAVNS UNIVERSITET	DK	participant	0.00
4	UNIVERSIDAD AUTONOMA DE MADRID  Organization address address: CALLE EINSTEIN, CIUDAD UNIV CANTOBLANCO RECTORADO city: MADRID postcode: 28049 contact info Titolo: Ms. Nome: Mari Carmen Cognome: Puerta Email: send email Telefono: +34 91 497 8663 Fax: +34 91 497 5269	ES (MADRID)	participant	0.00
5	UNIVERSITAET BASEL  Organization address address: Petersplatz city: BASEL postcode: 4003 contact info Titolo: Prof. Nome: Daniel Cognome: Loss Email: send email Telefono: +41 61 267 3749 Fax: +41 61 267 1349	CH (BASEL)	participant	0.00
6	UNIVERSITAT DE VALENCIA  Organization address address: AVENIDA BLASCO IBANEZ city: VALENCIA postcode: 46010 contact info Titolo: Ms. Nome: Angeles Cognome: Sanchis Email: send email Telefono: +34 963983621 Fax: +34 963937729	ES (VALENCIA)	participant	0.00

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 Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)

Information technology is partly based on magnetism (memory) and partly on electricity (processors). Increasing control over individual electron charges and spins provides new device functionality. For both charges and spins, molecular devices provide ideal test beds, which have witnessed increased interest over the last decade but the understanding and control of which is still in an infant state. The aim of ELFOS is to take single-molecule electronics to the next level in which single molecule device functionality will be exploited. We will combine different experimental test beds to gain knowledge about molecular functionality with an emphasis on the spin degrees of freedom and how to exploit these in device configurations using electric fields. In information processing, spins have the general advantage over charges in that they are less sensitive to the coupling between the molecule and its environment and hence to the molecular orientation which is difficult to control at the atomic level. Furthermore, the control of molecular spins by electric fields is preferable over magnetic-field or light-driven control since it allows for the application of strong fields at a local scale and for the fast manipulation of spin states. Guided by theoretical studies of radically new concepts, we will manipulate the molecular spin either by controlling the charge states of the molecule by the gate or by the gate directly. The molecules of interest are single-molecule magnets, spin triangles, spin chains and spin-crossover compounds. The experiments should provide an answer to key questions such as: 'Can individual magnetic molecules be addressed electrically as bits or qubits?' and 'How can they be used as switches?' Applied aspects are long term with high risk and high potential for applications.