Kagome quantum spin liquids - The case of Vesignieite

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We aim to explore the groundstate of a new near-perfect S=1/2 kagome antiferromagnetic (KAFM) system using MuSR at the lowest possible temperatures. The title compound is comprised of kagome planes of Cu2+ ions, separated by VO4 tetrahedra and Ba2+ ions. The vertex sharing triangles that make up the kagome network of this material are not equilateral as in the case of Herbertsmithite, but are isosceles like those of Volborthite. Whilst a 3.06% difference in Cu-Cu bond differences of the triangles is observed in the Volborthite, Vesignieite only has a difference of 0.2% making it a much better approximation to a perfect kagome system. An additional benefit to this material is the lack of Zn2+ ions present in Herbertsmithite for anti-site dissorder, leaving a much cleaner system for study than the best current model S=1/2 KAFMs, Volborthite and Herbertsmithite.

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DOI https://doi.org/10.5286/ISIS.E.24079737
Metadata Access https://icatisis.esc.rl.ac.uk/oaipmh/request?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_datacite&identifier=oai:icatisis.esc.rl.ac.uk:inv/24079737
Provenance
Creator Professor Andrew Wills; Dr Ross Colman; Professor Philippe Mendels; Professor Fabrice Bert
Publisher ISIS Neutron and Muon Source
Publication Year 2013
Rights CC-BY Attribution 4.0 International; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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Contact isisdata(at)stfc.ac.uk
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Resource Type Dataset
Discipline Photon- and Neutron Geosciences
Temporal Coverage Begin 2010-05-11T08:54:50Z
Temporal Coverage End 2010-05-15T08:20:38Z