Bibliographic Details
| Title: |
Dynamics of K2Ni2(SO4)3 governed by proximity to a 3D spin liquid model |
| Authors: |
Matías G. Gonzalez, Vincent Noculak, Aman Sharma, Virgile Favre, Jian-Rui Soh, Arnaud Magrez, Robert Bewley, Harald O. Jeschke, Johannes Reuther, Henrik M. Rønnow, Yasir Iqbal, Ivica Živković |
| Source: |
Nature Communications, Vol 15, Iss 1, Pp 1-9 (2024) |
| Publisher Information: |
Nature Portfolio, 2024. |
| Publication Year: |
2024 |
| Collection: |
LCC:Science |
| Subject Terms: |
Science |
| More Details: |
Abstract Quantum spin liquids (QSLs) have become a key area of research in magnetism due to their remarkable properties, such as long-range entanglement, fractional excitations, and topologically protected phenomena. Recently, the search for QSLs has expanded into the three-dimensional world, despite the suppression of quantum fluctuations due to high dimensionality. A new candidate material, K2Ni2(SO4)3, belongs to the langbeinite family and consists of two interconnected trillium lattices. Although magnetically ordered, it exhibits a highly dynamical and correlated state. In this work, we combine inelastic neutron scattering measurements with density functional theory (DFT), pseudo-fermion functional renormalization group (PFFRG), and classical Monte Carlo (cMC) calculations to study the magnetic properties of K2Ni2(SO4)3, revealing a high level of agreement between experiment and theory. We further reveal the origin of the dynamical state in K2Ni2(SO4)3 to be centred around a magnetic network composed of tetrahedra on a trillium lattice. |
| Document Type: |
article |
| File Description: |
electronic resource |
| Language: |
English |
| ISSN: |
2041-1723 |
| Relation: |
https://doaj.org/toc/2041-1723 |
| DOI: |
10.1038/s41467-024-51362-1 |
| Access URL: |
https://doaj.org/article/0eaff1967e054f40964099801cc55144 |
| Accession Number: |
edsdoj.0eaff1967e054f40964099801cc55144 |
| Database: |
Directory of Open Access Journals |
