Chemistry of quantum spin liquids

JR Chamorro, TM McQueen, TT Tran - Chemical Reviews, 2020‏ - ACS Publications
Quantum spin liquids are an exciting playground for exotic physical phenomena and
emergent many-body quantum states. The realization and discovery of quantum spin liquid …

Topological aspects of antiferromagnets

V Bonbien, F Zhuo, A Salimath, O Ly… - Journal of Physics D …, 2021‏ - iopscience.iop.org
The long fascination that antiferromagnetic materials has exerted on the scientific community
over about a century has been entirely renewed recently with the discovery of several …

Quantum spin liquids from a materials perspective

L Clark, AH Abdeldaim - Annual Review of Materials Research, 2021‏ - annualreviews.org
Quantum spin liquids are unique quantum states of matter predicted to arise in low-
dimensional, frustrated, and quantum magnetic systems. Compared with conventional …

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 …

Materializing rival ground states in the barlowite family of kagome magnets: quantum spin liquid, spin ordered, and valence bond crystal states

RW Smaha, W He, JM Jiang, J Wen, YF Jiang… - npj quantum …, 2020‏ - nature.com
The spin-1 2 kagome antiferromagnet is considered an ideal host for a quantum spin liquid
(QSL) ground state. We find that when the bonds of the kagome lattice are modulated with a …

Dynamic fingerprint of fractionalized excitations in single-crystalline Cu3Zn(OH)6FBr

Y Fu, ML Lin, L Wang, Q Liu, L Huang, W Jiang… - Nature …, 2021‏ - nature.com
Beyond the absence of long-range magnetic orders, the most prominent feature of the
elusive quantum spin liquid (QSL) state is the existence of fractionalized spin excitations, ie …

From magnetic order to quantum disorder in the Zn-barlowite series of S = 1/2 kagomé antiferromagnets

K Tustain, B Ward-O'Brien, F Bert, T Han… - npj Quantum …, 2020‏ - nature.com
We report a comprehensive muon spectroscopy study of the Zn-barlowite series of S= 1 2
kagomé antiferromagnets, Zn x Cu4− x (OH) 6FBr, for x= 0.00 to 0.99 (1). By combining …

Site-specific structure at multiple length scales in kagome quantum spin liquid candidates

RW Smaha, I Boukahil, CJ Titus, JM Jiang… - Physical review …, 2020‏ - APS
Realizing a quantum spin liquid (QSL) ground state in a real material is a leading issue in
condensed matter physics research. In this pursuit, it is crucial to fully characterize the …

Combinatorial exploration of quantum spin liquid candidates in the herbertsmithite material family

A Hallett, C Avarvarei, JW Harter - Physical Review Materials, 2023‏ - APS
Geometric frustration of magnetic ions can lead to a quantum spin liquid ground state where
long-range magnetic order is avoided despite strong exchange interactions. The physical …

From claringbullite to a new spin liquid candidate Cu3Zn (OH) 6FCl

Z Feng, W Yi, K Zhu, Y Wei, S Miao, J Ma… - Chinese Physics …, 2018‏ - iopscience.iop.org
The search for quantum spin liquid (QSL) materials has attracted significant attention in the
field of condensed matter physics in recent years, however so far only a handful of them are …