Nature Communications (Sep 2021)

Field-induced quantum spin disordered state in spin-1/2 honeycomb magnet Na2Co2TeO6

  • Gaoting Lin,
  • Jaehong Jeong,
  • Chaebin Kim,
  • Yao Wang,
  • Qing Huang,
  • Takatsugu Masuda,
  • Shinichiro Asai,
  • Shinichi Itoh,
  • Gerrit Günther,
  • Margarita Russina,
  • Zhilun Lu,
  • Jieming Sheng,
  • Le Wang,
  • Jiucai Wang,
  • Guohua Wang,
  • Qingyong Ren,
  • Chuanying Xi,
  • Wei Tong,
  • Langsheng Ling,
  • Zhengxin Liu,
  • Liusuo Wu,
  • Jiawei Mei,
  • Zhe Qu,
  • Haidong Zhou,
  • Xiaoqun Wang,
  • Je-Geun Park,
  • Yuan Wan,
  • Jie Ma

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-25567-7
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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The honeycomb lattice with a spin-orbit interaction can give rise to exotic quantum states. With the measurements of bulk properties and inelastic neutron scattering, Lin et al demonstrate the existence of a field induced spin-disordered state in Na2Co2TeO6 and extend the Kitaev model to 3d system.