Chirality and Spin (IMAGE)

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Chirality and Spin

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Schematics of crystalline structures of chiral crystals CrNb<sub>3</sub>S<sub>6</sub> and spin-polarization phenomena in chiral materials. A tiny helical structure at atomic scale generates spin-polarized current (electron flow).

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