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 …

Kapellasite: A kagome quantum spin liquid with competing interactions

B Fåk, E Kermarrec, L Messio, B Bernu, C Lhuillier… - Physical review …, 2012 - APS
Magnetic susceptibility, NMR, muon spin relaxation, and inelastic neutron scattering
measurements show that kapellasite, Cu 3 Zn (OH) 6 Cl 2, a geometrically frustrated spin …

Quantum Kagome Antiferromagnet ZnCu3(OH)6Cl2

P Mendels, F Bert - Journal of the Physical Society of Japan, 2010 - journals.jps.jp
The frustration of antiferromagnetic interactions on the loosely connected kagome lattice
associated to the enhancement of quantum fluctuations for S= 1/2 spins was acknowledged …

Correlated impurities and intrinsic spin-liquid physics in the kagome material herbertsmithite

TH Han, MR Norman, JJ Wen, JA Rodriguez-Rivera… - Physical Review B, 2016 - APS
Low energy inelastic neutron scattering on single crystals of the kagome spin-liquid
compound ZnCu 3 (OD) 6 Cl 2 (herbertsmithite) reveals antiferromagnetic correlations …

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 …

Materializing rival ground states in the barlowite family of kagome magnets: quantum spin liquid, spin ordered, and valence bond crystal states

RW Smaha, W He, JM Jiang, J Wen, YF Jiang… - npj quantum …, 2020 - nature.com
The spin-1 2 kagome antiferromagnet is considered an ideal host for a quantum spin liquid
(QSL) ground state. We find that when the bonds of the kagome lattice are modulated with a …

Spin-liquid ground state in the frustrated kagome antiferromagnet MgCu(OH)Cl

E Kermarrec, P Mendels, F Bert, RH Colman… - Physical Review B …, 2011 - APS
We report muon spin resonance experiments on Mg x Cu 4− x (OH) 6 Cl 2 with x∼ 1, a
material isostructural to Herbertsmithite exhibiting regular kagome planes of S= 1 2 ions (Cu …

Micro-Raman study of copper hydroxychlorides and other corrosion products of bronze samples mimicking archaeological coins

G Bertolotti, D Bersani, PP Lottici, M Alesiani… - Analytical and …, 2012 - Springer
Three bronze samples created by CNR-ISMN (National Research Council—Institute of
Nanostructured Materials) to be similar to Punic and Roman coins found in Tharros (OR …

Magnetic and Crystallographic Studies of Mg-Herbertsmithite, γ-Cu3Mg(OH)6Cl2A New S = 1/2 Kagome Magnet and Candidate Spin Liquid

RH Colman, A Sinclair, AS Wills - Chemistry of Materials, 2011 - ACS Publications
Studies are presented of the synthesis, crystal structure, and magnetic properties of the new
quantum kagome magnet Mg-herbertsmithite, γ-Cu3Mg (OH) 6Cl2. The material features …

Comparisons between Haydeeite, α-Cu3Mg(OD)6Cl2, and Kapellasite, α-Cu3Zn(OD)6Cl2, Isostructural S = 1/2 Kagome Magnets

RH Colman, A Sinclair, AS Wills - Chemistry of Materials, 2010 - ACS Publications
The search for new S= 1/2 kagome antiferromagnets has been an ongoing challenge for the
researchers interested in frustrated magnetism. Intrigue has surrounded these materials …