ISIS Neutron and Muon Source Data Journal

Magnetically frustrated coordination polymers as Quantum Spin Liquid candidates

Abstract: Magnetic coordination polymers have emerged as potential candidates to behave as Quantum Spin Liquids (QSLs). The QSL is a state of matter proposed by Anderson in 1973, where, due to magnetic frustration, the spins fluctuate in a liquid-like state even at zero temperature. In this proposal we explore three magnetically frustrated organic-inorganic materials in the form of coordination polymer oxalates with honeycomb type structures. Two of these are bimetallic honeycomb lattice compounds containing Ru(III)/Ru(II) and Ru(III)/Cu(II) that are strong candidates to give Kitaev QSLs due to significant spin-orbit coupling . The third is a Co(II) compound with a hyperhoneycomb structure that is also a highly frustrated QSL candidate. Low temperature muSR measurements will be used to test and evaluate the properties of these candidate QSL materials.

Experimenter: Dr Samuel Manas Valero
Experimenter: Professor Eugenio Coronado
Local Contact: Dr Francis Pratt
Experimenter: Mr Victor Garcia Lopez

DOI: 10.5286/ISIS.E.RB1810585

ISIS Experiment Number: RB1810585

Publisher: STFC ISIS Neutron and Muon Source

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