Quasi-continuous transition from a Fermi liquid to a spin liquid in κ-(ET)2Cu2(CN)3

Tetsuya Furukawa; Kazuhiko Kobashi; Yosuke Kurosaki; Kazuya Miyagawa; Kazushi Kanoda

doi:10.1038/s41467-017-02679-7

Nature Communications (Jan 2018)

Quasi-continuous transition from a Fermi liquid to a spin liquid in κ-(ET)2Cu2(CN)3

Tetsuya Furukawa,
Kazuhiko Kobashi,
Yosuke Kurosaki,
Kazuya Miyagawa,
Kazushi Kanoda

Affiliations

Tetsuya Furukawa: Department of Applied Physics, University of Tokyo
Kazuhiko Kobashi: Department of Applied Physics, University of Tokyo
Yosuke Kurosaki: Department of Applied Physics, University of Tokyo
Kazuya Miyagawa: Department of Applied Physics, University of Tokyo
Kazushi Kanoda: Department of Applied Physics, University of Tokyo

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-02679-7
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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Several organic materials exhibit spin liquid phases, which are predicted to host exotic spinon excitations that emerge from non-local quantum effects. Here, the authors identify a quasi-continuous phase transition in κ-(ET)2Cu2(CN)3 that may be associated with the presence of spinons.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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