Coexistence of static and dynamic magnetism in the Kitaev spin liquid material Cu2IrO3

Kenney, Eric M.; Segre, Carlo U.; Lafargue-Dit-Hauret, William; Lebedev, Oleg I.; Abramchuk, Mykola; Berlie, Adam; Cottrell, Stephen P.; Simutis, Gediminas; Bahrami, Faranak; Mordvinova, Natalia E.; Fabbris, Gilberto; McChesney, Jessica. L.; Haskel, Daniel; Rocquefelte, Xavier; Graf, Michael J.; Tafti, Fazel

doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.100.094418

Coexistence of static and dynamic magnetism in the Kitaev spin liquid material ${Cu}_{2} {IrO}_{3}$

Journal Article · Thu Sep 12 00:00:00 EDT 2019 · Physical Review B

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.100.094418· OSTI ID:1579924

Kenney, Eric M. ^[1]; Segre, Carlo U. ^[2]; Lafargue-Dit-Hauret, William ^[3]; Lebedev, Oleg I. ^[4]; Abramchuk, Mykola ^[1]; Berlie, Adam ^[5]; Cottrell, Stephen P. ^[5]; Simutis, Gediminas ^[6]; Bahrami, Faranak ^[1]; Mordvinova, Natalia E. ^[4]; Fabbris, Gilberto ^[7]; McChesney, Jessica. L. ^[7]; Haskel, Daniel ^[7]; Rocquefelte, Xavier ^[3]; Graf, Michael J. ^[1]; ^[1]

Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA (United States)
Illinois Inst. of Technology, Chicago, IL (United States)
Univ. Rennes, Rennes (France)
Lab. CRISMAT, Caen (France)
Rutherford Appleton Lab., Didcot (United Kingdom)
Paul Scherrer Inst. (PSI), Villigen (Switzerland)
Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)

Searching for a Kitaev spin liquid phase motivated intense research on the honeycomb iridate materials. However, access to a spin liquid ground state has been hindered by magnetic ordering. Cu₂IrO₃ is a new honeycomb iridate without thermodynamic signatures of a long-range order. Here, we use muon spin relaxation to uncover the magnetic ground state of Cu₂IrO₃. We find a two-component depolarization with slow- and fast-relaxation rates corresponding to distinct regions with dynamic and static magnetism coexisting in the material. X-ray absorption spectroscopy and first-principles calculations identify a mixed copper valence as the origin of this behavior. Furthermore, our results suggest that a minority of Cu²⁺ ions nucleate regions of static magnetism, whereas the majority of Cu⁺/Ir⁴⁺ on the honeycomb lattice give rise to a Kitaev spin liquid.

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Research Organization:: Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: Agence Nationale de la recherche (ANR); National Science Foundation (NSF); USDOE; USDOE Office of Science (SC); United Kingdom Science and Technology Facilities Council

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-06CH11357

OSTI ID:: 1579924

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1561397

Journal Information:: Physical Review B, Journal Name: Physical Review B Journal Issue: 9 Vol. 100; ISSN 2469-9950; ISSN PRBMDO

Publisher:: American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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