Quantum spin liquids

C Broholm, RJ Cava, SA Kivelson, DG Nocera… - Science, 2020 - science.org
BACKGROUND Years ago, Lev Landau taught us how to think about distinct phases of
matter through an order parameter that characterizes the symmetry-broken state relative to …

Quantum spin liquids: a review

L Savary, L Balents - Reports on Progress in Physics, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
Quantum spin liquids may be considered'quantum disordered'ground states of spin systems,
in which zero-point fluctuations are so strong that they prevent conventional magnetic long …

Gapless Spin-Liquid Ground State in the Kagome Antiferromagnet

HJ Liao, ZY **e, J Chen, ZY Liu, HD **e, RZ Huang… - Physical review …, 2017 - APS
The defining problem in frustrated quantum magnetism, the ground state of the nearest-
neighbor S= 1/2 antiferromagnetic Heisenberg model on the kagome lattice, has defied all …

Spin liquids in frustrated magnets

L Balents - nature, 2010 - nature.com
Frustrated magnets are materials in which localized magnetic moments, or spins, interact
through competing exchange interactions that cannot be simultaneously satisfied, giving rise …

Unconventional magnetic oscillations in a kagome Mott insulator

G Zheng, Y Zhu, KW Chen, B Kang, D Zhang… - Proceedings of the …, 2025 - pnas.org
In metals, electrons in a magnetic field undergo cyclotron motion, leading to oscillations in
physical properties called quantum oscillations. This phenomenon has never been seen in a …

Experimental signatures of quantum and topological states in frustrated magnetism

J Khatua, B Sana, A Zorko, M Gomilšek, K Sethupathi… - Physics Reports, 2023 - Elsevier
Frustration in magnetic materials arising from competing exchange interactions can prevent
the system from adopting long-range magnetic order and can instead lead to a diverse …

Colloquium: Herbertsmithite and the search for the quantum spin liquid

MR Norman - Reviews of Modern Physics, 2016 - APS
Quantum spin liquids form a novel class of matter where, despite the existence of strong
exchange interactions, spins do not order down to the lowest measured temperature …

Quantum frustration in organic Mott insulators: from spin liquids to unconventional superconductors

BJ Powell, RH McKenzie - Reports on Progress in Physics, 2011 - iopscience.iop.org
We review the interplay of frustration and strong electronic correlations in quasi-two-
dimensional organic charge transfer salts, such as (BEDT-TTF) 2 X and Et n Me 4− n Pn [Pd …

Quantum Kagome Antiferromagnet ZnCu3(OH)6Cl2

P Mendels, F Bert - Journal of the Physical Society of Japan, 2010 - journals.jps.jp
The frustration of antiferromagnetic interactions on the loosely connected kagome lattice
associated to the enhancement of quantum fluctuations for S= 1/2 spins was acknowledged …

Quantum magnetism in minerals

DS Inosov - Advances in Physics, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
The discovery of magnetism by the ancient Greeks was enabled by the natural occurrence of
lodestone–a magnetized version of the mineral magnetite. Nowadays, natural minerals …