Designing disorder into crystalline materials

A Simonov, AL Goodwin - Nature Reviews Chemistry, 2020‏ - nature.com
Crystals are a state of matter characterized by periodic order. Yet, crystalline materials can
harbour disorder in many guises, such as non-repeating variations in composition, atom …

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 …

Emergent order in the kagome Ising magnet Dy3Mg2Sb3O14

JAM Paddison, HS Ong, JO Hamp, P Mukherjee… - Nature …, 2016‏ - nature.com
The Ising model—in which degrees of freedom (spins) are binary valued (up/down)—is a
cornerstone of statistical physics that shows rich behaviour when spins occupy a highly …

Noncentrosymmetric Triangular Magnet CaMnTeO6: Strong Quantum Fluctuations and Role of s0 versus s2 Electronic States in Competing Exchange Interactions

X Huai, E Acheampong, E Delles… - Advanced …, 2024‏ - Wiley Online Library
Noncentrosymmetric triangular magnets offer a unique platform for realizing strong quantum
fluctuations. However, designing these quantum materials remains an open challenge …

Frustrated Ising charge correlations in the kagome metal

SJG Alvarado, G Pokharel, BR Ortiz, JAM Paddison… - Physical Review B, 2024‏ - APS
Here we resolve the real-space nature of the high-temperature, short-range charge
correlations in the kagome metal ScV 6 Sn 6. Diffuse scattering appears along a frustrated …

Competing nematic interactions in a generalized model in two and three dimensions

GA Canova, Y Levin, JJ Arenzon - Physical Review E, 2016‏ - APS
We study a generalization of the XY model with an additional nematic-like term through
extensive numerical simulations and finite-size techniques, both in two and three …

Controlling the Complexity and Interconversion Mechanisms in Self‐Assembled [Fe2L3]4+ Helicates and [Fe4L6]8+ Cages

RG Siddique, KSA Arachchige… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2022‏ - Wiley Online Library
Self‐assembled coordination cages and metal–organic frameworks have relied extensively
on symmetric ligands in their formation. Here we have prepared a relatively simple system …

Inorganic Metal Thiocyanates

MJ Cliffe - Inorganic Chemistry, 2024‏ - ACS Publications
Metal thiocyanates were some of the first pseudohalide compounds to be discovered and
adopt a diverse range of structures. This review describes the structures, properties, and …

Mesoscale polarization by geometric frustration in columnar supramolecular crystals

CS Zehe, JA Hill, NP Funnell, K Kreger… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2017‏ - Wiley Online Library
Columnar supramolecular phases with polarization along the columnar axis have potential
for the development of ultrahigh‐density memories as every single column might function as …

One-dimensional magnetic order in the metal-organic framework

DR Harcombe, PG Welch, P Manuel, PJ Saines… - Physical Review B, 2016‏ - APS
Variable-temperature neutron scattering measurements, reverse Monte Carlo analysis, and
direct Monte Carlo simulation are used to characterize magnetic order in the metal-organic …