Spin-liquid-like state in a spin-1/2 square-lattice antiferromagnet perovskite induced by d 10–d 0 cation mixing

O. Mustonen; S. Vasala; E. Sadrollahi; K. P. Schmidt; C. Baines; H. C. Walker; I. Terasaki; F. J. Litterst; E. Baggio-Saitovitch; M. Karppinen

doi:10.1038/s41467-018-03435-1

Nature Communications (Mar 2018)

Spin-liquid-like state in a spin-1/2 square-lattice antiferromagnet perovskite induced by d 10–d 0 cation mixing

O. Mustonen,
S. Vasala,
E. Sadrollahi,
K. P. Schmidt,
C. Baines,
H. C. Walker,
I. Terasaki,
F. J. Litterst,
E. Baggio-Saitovitch,
M. Karppinen

Affiliations

O. Mustonen: Department of Chemistry and Materials Science, Aalto University
S. Vasala: Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisas Físicas (CBPF)
E. Sadrollahi: Institut für Physik der Kondensierten Materie, Technische Universität Braunschweig
K. P. Schmidt: Institut für Physik der Kondensierten Materie, Technische Universität Braunschweig
C. Baines: Laboratory for Muon Spin Spectroscopy, Paul Scherrer Institut
H. C. Walker: ISIS Neutron and Muon Source, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Chilton
I. Terasaki: Department of Physics, Nagoya University
F. J. Litterst: Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisas Físicas (CBPF)
E. Baggio-Saitovitch: Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisas Físicas (CBPF)
M. Karppinen: Department of Chemistry and Materials Science, Aalto University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-03435-1
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Quantum spin liquids are predicted to form in frustrated square lattice magnets but this has been difficult to verify experimentally. Here the authors show that cation mixing in the square perovskite Sr2Cu(Te0.5W0.5)O6 can be used to tune it into the spin liquid regime.

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