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 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 …

Oscillations of the thermal conductivity in the spin-liquid state of α-RuCl3

P Czajka, T Gao, M Hirschberger, P Lampen-Kelley… - Nature Physics, 2021 - nature.com
In the class of materials called spin liquids,–, a magnetically ordered state cannot be
attained even at millikelvin temperatures because of conflicting constraints on each spin; for …

Rare-Earth Triangular Lattice Spin Liquid: A Single-Crystal Study of

Y Li, G Chen, W Tong, L Pi, J Liu, Z Yang, X Wang… - Physical review …, 2015 - APS
YbMgGaO 4, a structurally perfect two-dimensional triangular lattice with an odd number of
electrons per unit cell and spin-orbit entangled effective spin-1/2 local moments for the Yb …

Theory of the thermal Hall effect in quantum magnets

H Katsura, N Nagaosa, PA Lee - Physical review letters, 2010 - APS
We present a theory of the thermal Hall effect in insulating quantum magnets, where the heat
current is totally carried by charge-neutral objects such as magnons and spinons. Two …

Magnetic memory and spontaneous vortices in a van der Waals superconductor

E Persky, AV Bjørlig, I Feldman, A Almoalem, E Altman… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Doped Mott insulators exhibit some of the most intriguing quantum phases of matter,
including quantum spin liquids, unconventional superconductors and non-Fermi liquid …

Thermodynamic properties of a spin-1/2 spin-liquid state in a κ-type organic salt

S Yamashita, Y Nakazawa, M Oguni, Y Oshima… - Nature Physics, 2008 - nature.com
In two-dimensional triangular lattices, geometric frustration prohibits the formation of
ordering even at the lowest temperatures, and therefore a liquid-like ground state is …

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 …

Cooper pairing in non-Fermi liquids

MA Metlitski, DF Mross, S Sachdev, T Senthil - Physical Review B, 2015 - APS
States of matter with a sharp Fermi surface but no well-defined Landau quasiparticles arise
in a number of physical systems. Examples include (i) quantum critical points associated …

Gate-tunable heavy fermion quantum criticality in a moiré Kondo lattice

A Kumar, NC Hu, AH MacDonald, AC Potter - Physical Review B, 2022 - APS
We propose a realization of Kondo lattice physics in moiré superlattices at the interface
between a WX 2 homobilayer and Mo X 2 monolayer (X= S, Se). Under appropriate gating …