In transition-metal compounds with partially filled 4 d and 5 d shells spin–orbit
entanglement, electronic correlations, and crystal-field effects conspire to give rise to a …

A key feature of quantum spin liquids is the predicted formation of fractionalized excitations.
They are expected to produce changes in the physical response, providing a way to observe …

Layered α-RuCl3 is a promising material to potentially realize the long-sought Kitaev
quantum spin liquid with fractionalized excitations. While evidence of this state has been …

The quest for Kitaev quantum spin liquids has led to great interest in honeycomb quantum
magnets with strong spin-orbit coupling. It has been recently proposed that even Mott …

Fifteen years since its inception, the Kitaev model still boasts only a narrow group of material
realizations. The progress in studying and understanding one of them, lithium iridate Li 2 IrO …

The two-dimensional layered insulator α-RuCl 3 is a candidate material for a quantum spin-
liquid state, which may be realized when a magnetic field suppresses the antiferromagnetic …

The frustrated magnet α-RuCl3 constitutes a fascinating quantum material platform that
harbors the intriguing Kitaev physics. However, a consensus on its intricate spin interactions …

In α-RuCl 3, an external magnetic field applied within the honeycomb plane can induce a
transition from a magnetically ordered state to a disordered state that is potentially related to …

Motivated by the recent developments in moiré superlattices of van der Waals magnets and
the desire to control the magnetic interactions of α-RuCl3, here we present a comprehensive …

Motivated by reports of metallic behavior in the recently synthesized RuI3, in contrast to the
Mott-insulating nature of the actively discussed α-RuCl3, as well as RuBr3, we present a …