Organic spintronics: Past, Present and Future

Organic spintronics, extended the conventional spintronics with metals, oxides and semiconductors, has opened new routes to explore the important process of spin-injection, transport, manipulation and detection, holding significant promise of revolutionizing future spintronic applications in high density information storage, multi-functional devices, seamless integration, and quantum computing. Here we survey this fascinating field from some new viewpoints on research hotspots and emerging trends. The main achievements and challenges arising from spin injection and transport, in organic materials are highlighted, as well as prospects of novel organic spintronic devices are also emphasized.