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PbCuTe2O6 is a rare example of a spin liquid candidate featuring a three dimensional magnetic lattice. Strong geometric frustration arises from the dominant antiferromagnetic interaction which generates a hyperkagome network of Cu2+ ions…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2016-03-14 P. Khuntia , F. Bert , P. Mendels , B. Koteswararao , A. V. Mahajan , M. Baenitz , F. C. Chou , C. Baines , A. Amato , Y. Furukawa

A quantum spin liquid (QSL) is an exotic state in which electron spins are highly entangled, yet keep fluctuating even at zero temperature. Experimental realization of model QSLs has been challenging due to imperfections, such as antisite…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2022-10-25 Huanpeng Bu , Malik Ashtar , Toni Shiroka , Helen C. Walker , Zhendong Fu , Jinkui Zhao , Jason S. Gardner , Gang Chen , Zhaoming Tian , Hanjie Guo

We consider an alternative to the usual spin glass paradigm for disordered magnetism, consisting of the previously unstudied combination of frustrated magnetic interactions and pseudo-dipolar disorder in spin positions. We argue that this…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2011-11-02 S. T. Banks , S. T. Bramwell

Magnetic susceptibility, specific heat, and muon spin relaxation ($\mu$SR) measurements have been performed on a newly synthesized three-dimensional sandglass-type lattice Tm$_3$SbO$_7$, where two inequivalent sets of non-Kramers Tm$^{3+}$…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2022-05-25 Yan-Xing Yang , Yao Wang , Zhao-Feng Ding , Adrian D. Hillier , Lei Shu

The effects of Sr doping on the structural properties of Na$_{2}$BaCo(PO$_{4}$)$_{2}$, a spin-1/2 triangular-lattice antiferromagnet as a quantum spin liquid candidate, are investigated by complementary x-ray and neutron powder diffraction…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2022-05-18 Chuandi Zhang , Qianhui Xu , Xu-Tao Zeng , Chao Lyu , Zhengwang Lin , Jiazheng Hao , Sihao Deng , Lunhua He , Yinguo Xiao , Yu Ye , Ziyu Chen , Xian-Lei Sheng , Wentao Jin

The triangular-lattice system $\alpha$-RuI$_3$ is isostructural to the widely-studied $\alpha$-RuCl$_3$ compound which was identified as a potential Kitaev system but exhibits, instead of spin liquid behaviour, a magnetically ordered…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2024-06-07 Hank C. H. Wu , Benjamin M. Huddart , Francis L. Pratt , Danrui Ni , Robert J. Cava , Stephen J. Blundell

Magnetism of layered cobaltites Na$_x$CoO$_2$ with $x$ = 0.6 and 0.9 has been investigated by a positive muon spin rotation and relaxation ($\mu^+$SR) spectroscopy together with magnetic susceptibility and specific heat measurements, using…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2009-11-10 J. Sugiyama , J. H. Brewer , E. J. Ansaldo , B. Hitti , M. Mikami , Y. Mori , T. Sasaki

For certain crystalline systems, most notably the organic compound EtMe3Sb[Pd(dmit)2]2, experimental evidence has accumulated of an insulating state with a high density of gapless neutral excitations that produce Fermi-liquid-like power…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2013-04-09 Maissam Barkeshli , Hong Yao , Steven A. Kivelson

Spiral spin liquids are an exotic class of correlated paramagnets with an enigmatic magnetic ground state composed of a degenerate manifold of fluctuating spin spirals. Experimental realisations of the spiral spin liquid are scarce, mainly…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2023-05-03 J. N. Graham , N. Qureshi , C. Ritter , P. Manuel , A. R. Wildes , L. Clark

Here, we report both ac and dc magnetization, thermodynamic and electric properties of hexagonal Ba$_3$NiIr$_2$O$_9$. The Ni$^{2+}$ (spin-1) forms layered triangular-lattice and interacts antiferromagnetically while Ir$^{5+}$ is believed to…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2021-07-14 Shobha Gondh , Manju Mishra Patidar , Kranti Kumar , M. P. Saravanan , V. Ganesan , A. K. Pramanik

By direct calculations of the spin gap in the frustrated Heisenberg model on the square lattice, with nearest- ($J_1$) and next-nearest-neighbor ($J_2$) super-exchange couplings, we provide a solid evidence that the spin-liquid phase in the…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2015-06-15 Wen-Jun Hu , Federico Becca , Alberto Parola , Sandro Sorella

Recently, several putative quantum spin liquid (QSL) states were discovered in ${\tilde S} = 1/2$ rare-earth based triangular-lattice antiferromagnets (TLAF) with the delafossite structure. A way to clarify the origin of the QSL state in…

The antiferromagnetic - ferromagnetic phase transition in YBaCo2O5.50 and YBaCo2O5.44 cobaltites with different types of oxygen-ion ordering in the [YO0.5/0.44] layers has been studied by neutron powder diffraction. Using the magnetic…

Materials Science · Physics 2007-05-23 D. D. Khalyavin , D. N. Argyriou , U. Amann , A. A. Yaremchenko , V. V. Kharton

Cs2CoBr4 is a triangular-lattice antiferromagnet which can be viewed as weakly interacting spin chains due to spatially anisotropic frustrating exchange couplings. The spin-orbit interaction in Co(2+) spin-3/2 ions leads to a strong…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2023-09-06 T. A. Soldatov , A. I. Smirnov , A. V. Syromyatnikov

CaMn$_2$P$_2$ exemplifies the realization of a frustrated $J_1$-$J_2$-$J_3$ Heisenberg model of a corrugated honeycomb magnetic lattice. Previous studies show that below the N\'eel temperature ($T_{\rm N}$), the system forms a cycloidal…

Rare-earth triangular-lattice magnets serve as an excellent platform for investigating exotic quantum magnetic phenomena. Recently, the hexaaluminate \cmao\ has been proposed to host a $U(1)$ Dirac quantum spin liquid state with dominant…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2025-07-16 Yantao Cao , Huanpeng Bu , Toni Shiroka , Helen C. Walker , Zhendong Fu , Zhaoming Tian , Jinkui Zhao , Hanjie Guo

Due to the dominant Kitaev exchange interactions, the cobaltate, Na$_{3}$Co$_{2}$SbO$_{6}$, has been considered to be approximate to the Kitaev quantum spin liquid (QSL). Here, we investigate both magnetic dilution and chemical pressure…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2025-05-14 Jinou Dong , Xueqin Zhao , Lingfeng Xie , Xun Pan , Haoyuan Tang , Zhicheng Xu , Guoxiang Zhi , Chao Cao , Xiaoqun Wang , Fanlong Ning

Motivated by recent experiments on material Ba3NiSb2O9, we propose two novel spin liquid phases (A and B) for spin-1 systems on a triangular lattice. At the mean field level, both spin liquid phases have gapless fermionic spinon excitations…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2013-05-30 Cenke Xu , Fa Wang , Yang Qi , Leon Balents , Matthew P. A. Fisher

We report proximate quantum spin liquid behavior in K$_2$Co$_2$(SO$_4$)$_3$ with the magnetic Co$^{2+}$ ions embedded on a highly frustrated three-dimensional double trillium lattice. Single-crystal and high-resolution synchrotron powder…

The spin ice compound Dy$_2$Ti$_2$O$_7$ is well-known to realise a three-dimensional Coulomb spin liquid with magnetically charged monopole excitations. Its fate at low temperatures, however, remains an intriguing open question. Based on a…