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 …

Vacancy-induced low-energy density of states in the Kitaev spin liquid

WH Kao, J Knolle, GB Halász, R Moessner, NB Perkins - Physical Review X, 2021 - APS
The Kitaev honeycomb model has attracted significant attention due to its exactly solvable
spin-liquid ground state with fractionalized Majorana excitations and its possible …

Raman spectroscopic diagnostic of quantum spin liquids

D Wulferding, Y Choi, W Lee… - Journal of Physics …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
Quantum spin liquids are outstanding examples of highly quantum entangled phases of
matter and serve as a testbed to gauge central concepts of strongly correlated materials …

Synthesis-dependent properties of barlowite and Zn-substituted barlowite

RW Smaha, W He, JP Sheckelton, J Wen… - Journal of Solid State …, 2018 - Elsevier
The mineral barlowite, Cu 4 (OH) 6 FBr, has been the focus of recent attention due to the
possibility of substituting the interlayer Cu 2+ site with non-magnetic ions to develop new …

Interplay between external high pressure and intrinsic Jahn–Teller effect in the compression behavior of clinoatacamite

Y Luo, J Zhang, H Tian, Y Wang, H Cui, Y Ma… - Inorganic …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Clinoatacamite (γ-Cu2 (OH) 3Cl) possesses a geometrically frustrated kagome lattice for the
S= 1/2 antiferromagnetic spin system. Thus, it is deemed as the mother compound of many …

Two-dimensional quantum antiferromagnets

G Misguich, C Lhuillier - Frustrated spin systems, 2013 - World Scientific
This review presents some theoretical advances in the field of quantum magnetism in two-
dimensional systems, and quantum spin liquids in particular. The first version published in …

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 …

Kagome quantum spin systems in the atacamite family

P Puphal, KM Zoch, J Désor, M Bolte, C Krellner - Physical Review Materials, 2018 - APS
We present the hydrothermal synthesis, as well as structural and chemical analysis, of single
crystals of EuCu 3 (OH) 6 Cl 3, Zn x Cu 4− x (OH) 6 (NO 3) 2 and haydeeite, and MgCu 3 …

The atacamite family of minerals–a testbed for quantum spin liquids

T Malcherek, MD Welch, PA Williams - … Crystallographica Section B …, 2018 - journals.iucr.org
Polymorphism of Cu2 (OH) 3Cl coupled with partial substitution of Jahn–Teller active Cu2+
by other divalent metal cations gives rise to the complex mineralogy of the atacamite family …

High-Pressure Induced Continuous Structural Evolution of Kagome Antiferromagnet MgMn3(OH)6Cl2: A Structural Analogue to Quantum Spin Liquid …

X Yang, T Xu, J Zhang, H Cui, L Jiang, Y Ma… - Inorganic …, 2024 - ACS Publications
MgMn3 (OH) 6Cl2 serves readily as the classical Heisenberg kagome antiferromagnet
lattice spin frustration material, due to its similarity to herbertsmithite in composition and …