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Quantum spin liquids (QSLs) represent a novel state of matter in which quantum fluctuations prevent conventional magnetic order from being established, and the spins remain disordered even at zero temperature. There have been many…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2018-10-11 Zhen Ma , Kejing Ran , Jinghui Wang , Song Bao , Zhengwei Cai , Shichao Li , Jinsheng Wen

We report gapless quantum spin liquid behavior in the layered triangular Sr$_{3}$CuSb$_{2}$O$_{9}$ (SCSO) system. X-ray diffraction shows superlattice reflections associated with atomic site ordering into triangular Cu planes well-separated…

Using thermodynamic measurements, neutron diffraction, nuclear magnetic resonance, and muon spin relaxation, we establish putative quantum spin-liquid behavior in Ba$_3$InIr$_2$O$_9$, where unpaired electrons are localized on mixed-valence…

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

The quantum spin liquid (QSL) is a highly entangled magnetic state characterized by the absence of static magnetism in its ground state. Instead, the spins fluctuate in a highly correlated way down to the lowest temperatures. The QSL is…

A quantum spin liquid (QSL) is a state of matter characterized by fractionalized quasiparticle excitations, quantum entanglement, and a lack of long-range magnetic order. However, QSLs have evaded definitive experimental observation.…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2024-12-31 Sangyun Lee , Andrew J. Woods , Minseong Lee , Shengzhi Zhang , Eun Sang Choi , A. O. Scheie , D. A. Tennant , J. Xing , A. S. Sefat , R. Movshovich

Quantum spin liquids (QSLs) represent a novel state where spins are highly entangled but do not order even at zero temperature due to strong quantum fluctuations. Such a state is mostly studied in Heisenberg models defined on geometrically…

A quantum spin liquid (QSL) is an exotic state of matter in which electrons' spins are quantum entangled over long distances, but do not show symmetry-breaking magnetic order in the zero-temperature limit. The observation of QSL states is a…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2017-03-08 J. A. M. Paddison , M. Daum , Z. L. Dun , G. Ehlers , Y. Liu , M. B. Stone , H. D. Zhou , M. Mourigal

The 4d-electron trimer lattice exhibits either a quantum spin liquid (QSL) or a heavy-fermion strange metal (HFSM) phase, depending on Nb content. In the QSL state, itinerant spinons act as effective heat carriers, enhancing thermal…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2025-07-24 Yu Zhang , Hengdi Zhao , Tristan R. Cao , Rahul Nandkishore , Pedro Schlottmann , Lance Delong , Gang Cao

The existence of a quantum spin liquid (QSL) in which quantum fluctuations of spins are sufficiently strong to preclude spin ordering down to zero temperature was originally proposed theoretically more than 40 years ago, but its…

The family of rare earth chalcogenides $ARECh_{2}$ (A = alkali or monovalent ions, RE = rare earth, and Ch = O, S, Se, and Te) appears as an inspiring playground for studying quantum spin liquids (QSL). The crucial low-energy spin dynamics…

We have investigated the magnetic ground state properties of the quantum spin trimer compound strontium hydroxy copper chloride SrCu(OH)$_3$Cl using bulk magnetization, specific heat measurements, nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), and…

A comprehensive $^{31}$P nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) study, combined with thermodynamic measurements and first-principle band-structure calculations, has been conducted to explore the ground state of the $S = 5/2$ double trillium…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2025-12-08 Sebin J. Sebastian , Q. -P. Ding , A. A. Tsirlin , R. Nath , Y. Furukawa

We performed nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) and muon spin relaxation ({\mu}SR) experiments to identify the magnetic ground state of the frustrated quantum A-site spinel, CuAl2O4. Our results verify that the ground state does not exhibit a…

Quantum spin liquid (QSL), a state characterized by exotic low energy fractionalized excitations and statistics is still elusive experimentally and may be gauged via indirect experimental signatures. Remnant of QSL phase may reflect in the…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2023-03-29 Vivek Kumar , Deepu Kumar , Birender Singh , Yuliia Shemerliuk , Mahdi Behnami , Bernd Buchner , Saicharan Aswartham , Pradeep Kumar

Minimizing the energy of a many body system tends to favor order, but classical frustration and quantum fluctuations destabilize that order. The tension between these effects can produce exotic quantum states of matter. Quantum spin liquid…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2026-03-17 Sandesh S. Kalantre , Johanna Nordlander , Margaret A. Anderson , Julia A. Mundy , David Goldhaber-Gordon

We study the thermodynamic and high-magnetic-field properties of the magnetic insulator Ba$_5$CuIr$_3$O$_{12}$, which shows no magnetic order down to 2 K consistent with a spin liquid ground state. While the temperature dependence of the…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2020-01-20 Pavel A. Volkov , Choong-Jae Won , D. I. Gorbunov , Jae-Wook Kim , Mai Ye , Heung-Sik Kim , J. H. Pixley , Sang-Wook Cheong , G. Blumberg

We report the structural and magnetic properties of the 4}\textit{\textcolor{black}{d }}\textcolor{black}{(M = Rh) based and 5}\textit{\textcolor{black}{d }}\textcolor{black}{(M = Ir) based systems Ba$_{3}$M$_{x}$Ti$_{3-x}$O$_{9}$…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2017-08-03 R. Kumar , D. Sheptyakov , P. Khuntia , K. Rolfs , P. G. Freeman , H. M. Rønnow , Tusharkanti Dey , M. Baenitz , A. V. Mahajan

Quantum spin liquid represents an intriguing state where electron spins are highly entangled yet spin fluctuation persists even at 0 K. Recently, the hexaaluminates \textit{R}MgAl$_{11}$O$_{19}$ (\textit{R} = rare earth) have been proposed…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2025-04-01 Yantao Cao , Akihiro Koda , M. D. Le , V. Pomjakushin , Benqiong Liu , Zhendong Fu , Zhiwei Li , Jinkui Zhao , Zhaoming Tian , Hanjie Guo

Continuous spin excitations are widely recognized as one of the hallmarks of novel spin states in quantum magnets, such as quantum spin liquids (QSLs). Here, we report the observation of such kind of excitations in K2Ni2(SO4)3, which…