Spin-ice physics in cadmium cyanide

Chloe S. Coates; Mia Baise; Adrian Schmutzler; Arkadiy Simonov; Joshua W. Makepeace; Andrew G. Seel; Ronald I. Smith; Helen Y. Playford; David A. Keen; Renée Siegel; Jürgen Senker; Ben Slater; Andrew L. Goodwin

doi:10.1038/s41467-021-22515-3

Nature Communications (Apr 2021)

Spin-ice physics in cadmium cyanide

Chloe S. Coates,
Mia Baise,
Adrian Schmutzler,
Arkadiy Simonov,
Joshua W. Makepeace,
Andrew G. Seel,
Ronald I. Smith,
Helen Y. Playford,
David A. Keen,
Renée Siegel,
Jürgen Senker,
Ben Slater,
Andrew L. Goodwin

Affiliations

Chloe S. Coates: Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford, Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory
Mia Baise: Department of Chemistry, University College London
Adrian Schmutzler: Anorganische Chemie III, University of Bayreuth
Arkadiy Simonov: Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford, Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory
Joshua W. Makepeace: Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford, Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory
Andrew G. Seel: Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford, Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory
Ronald I. Smith: ISIS Facility, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Campus
Helen Y. Playford: ISIS Facility, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Campus
David A. Keen: ISIS Facility, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Campus
Renée Siegel: Anorganische Chemie III, University of Bayreuth
Jürgen Senker: Anorganische Chemie III, University of Bayreuth
Ben Slater: Department of Chemistry, University College London
Andrew L. Goodwin: Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford, Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-22515-3
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Spin-ice physics in frustrated magnets is constrained by the energy scale of magnetic interactions, which typically translates to temperatures of a few Kelvin. Here, the authors demonstrate that similar physics can be observed in the system of frustrated electric dipoles in Cd(CN)2 even at room temperature.

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