Trimer-based spin liquid candidate Ba4NbIr3O12

Nguyen, Loi T.; Cava, R. J.

doi:10.1103/physrevmaterials.3.014412

Title: Trimer-based spin liquid candidate $B a_{4} NbI r_{3} O_{12}$

Abstract

Ba₄NbIr₃O₁₂, a material with a triangular planar geometry of Ir₃O₁₂ trimers, is described. Magnetic susceptibility measurements show it to be paramagnetic with no magnetic ordering down to 1.8 K despite the Curie-Weiss temperature (θ_CW) of -13 K. The material has a very low effective magnetic moment (μeff) of 0.80 μ_B/f.u. To look at the lower-temperature behavior, the specific heat (C_p) was measured down to 0.35 K; it shows no indication of magnetic ordering and fitting a power law to C_p vs T below 2 K yields the power α = 3/4. Comparison to the trimer compound made with the 4d element Rh in place of the 5d element Ir, Ba₄NbRh₃O₁₂, which is also paramagnetic (μ_eff = 1.48μ_B/f.u., θ_CW = -23K), is presented. Furthermore, the analysis suggests that Ba₄NbIr₃O₁₂ is a candidate spin liquid material.

Authors:

Nguyen, Loi T. ^[1]; Cava, R. J. ^[1]

Princeton Univ., NJ (United States). Dept. of Chemistry

Publication Date:: Wed Jan 23 00:00:00 EST 2019

Research Org.:: Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRC) (United States). Institute for Quantum Matter (IQM); Johns Hopkins Univ., Baltimore, MD (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)

OSTI Identifier:: 1566699

Alternate Identifier(s):: OSTI ID: 1491780; OSTI ID: 1811922

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0019331

Resource Type:: Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: Physical Review Materials

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 3; Journal Issue: 1; Journal ID: ISSN 2475-9953

Publisher:: American Physical Society (APS)

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; optics; thermal conductivity; defects; charge transport; superconductivity; magnetism and spin physics; quantum information science; materials and chemistry by design; synthesis (novel materials); magnetic coupling; magnetism; quantum spin liquid; specific heat; spin liquid

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                    Nguyen, Loi T., and Cava, R. J. Trimer-based spin liquid candidate Ba4NbIr3O12.  United States: N. p., 2019. 
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  title        = {Trimer-based spin liquid candidate Ba4NbIr3O12},

  author       = {Nguyen, Loi T. and Cava, R. J.},

  abstractNote = {Ba4NbIr3O12, a material with a triangular planar geometry of Ir3O12 trimers, is described. Magnetic susceptibility measurements show it to be paramagnetic with no magnetic ordering down to 1.8 K despite the Curie-Weiss temperature (θCW) of -13 K. The material has a very low effective magnetic moment (μeff) of 0.80 μB/f.u. To look at the lower-temperature behavior, the specific heat (Cp) was measured down to 0.35 K; it shows no indication of magnetic ordering and fitting a power law to Cp vs T below 2 K yields the power α = 3/4. Comparison to the trimer compound made with the 4d element Rh in place of the 5d element Ir, Ba4NbRh3O12, which is also paramagnetic (μeff = 1.48μB/f.u., θCW = -23K), is presented. Furthermore, the analysis suggests that Ba4NbIr3O12 is a candidate spin liquid material.},

  doi          = {10.1103/physrevmaterials.3.014412},

  journal      = {Physical Review Materials},

  number       = 1,

  volume       = 3,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {Wed Jan 23 00:00:00 EST 2019},

  month        = {Wed Jan 23 00:00:00 EST 2019}

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