Emergence of spin-filter states in Pt-Fe nanowires.

Our theoretical study predicts the emergence of a new spin-filter state in one-dimensional Pt-Fe bimetallic nanowires. The results show the existence of two transmission states in contracted "zig-zag" Pt-Fe nanowires with low and high transmission 1G0 and 3G0, correspondingly, and one transmission state in linear stretched nanowires with conductance 2G0. Our first principle calculations revealed the dependence of quantum conductance of Pt-Fe nanowires on their geometry and atomic structure.